Fried and steamed mud: food for the season

Language Log 2025-02-25

Summary:

From a Hong Kong restaurant: Dare you try them? Seriously, though, what gives with the translations? I think that the problem arose with the name of the fish, which is so obscure that I haven't met anyone who has heard of it.  We know it's likely piscine because of the fish semantophore on the left, […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

02/25/2025, 12:17

Date published:

02/25/2025, 09:14