That's a *móri

Language Log 2024-11-04

Summary:

Following up on Rapscallion, here's another culinary pun with a lexico-musical connection: When two names far apart Share a PIE start That's a *móri… [image or embed] — New-Cleckit Dominie (@ncdominie.bsky.social) November 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM In the unlikely event that the musical reference escapes you, it's Dean Martin's 1953 hit That's Amore: And […]

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Tags:

etymology

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

11/04/2024, 10:40

Date published:

11/04/2024, 09:42