TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years
TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years
The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph by Helen Cook / Flickr One of my favorite words is lox,” says Gregory Guy, a professor of linguistics at New York University. There is hardly a more quintess...
it's also yummy
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As a native English speaker who'd never heard of this word - TIL x2
Me neither lol. Ive lived my whole life in Ireland for context. I've seen and heard smoked salmon plenty of times but never lox
What does smoked salmon sound like?
It sounds like a nice topping on a bagel
Stupid economy...
I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it.
I HATE a $15 bagel...
:(
schlp schlp schlp
I'm from the South East US and never heard of it until we had neighbors move in next to us from the North East when I was like 13.