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A Linguist Dissects the Turkey
The story of the domesticated turkey is one of strange quirks of language, the spice trade, Portuguese secrecy, and general confusion. Linguist Dan Jurafsky explains it all in one of many stories found in his book The Language of Food : A Linguist Reads the Menu.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readThe story of the domesticated turkey is one of strange quirks of language, the spice trade, Portuguese secrecy, and general confusion. Linguist Dan Jurafsky explains it all in one of many stories found in his book The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu.
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Celebrating Thanksgiving: Stomach Strategy, Leftovers and Lore - 0:47A Linguist Dissects the Turkey You’re reading this
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- 30:06Stomach Strategy
- 39:31Thanksgiving Leftovers with Jonathan Gold
- 45:36Stuffles: The Leftover Stuffing Waffles
- 48:45Leftovers on the Go
The full episode
1 of 8Celebrating Thanksgiving: Stomach Strategy, Leftovers and Lore - 0:47A Linguist Dissects the Turkey You’re reading this
- 10:03Thanksgiving Tamales
- 14:12Turkey on the Side?
- 18:57Thanksgiving in Prison
- 30:06Stomach Strategy
- 39:31Thanksgiving Leftovers with Jonathan Gold
- 45:36Stuffles: The Leftover Stuffing Waffles
- 48:45Leftovers on the Go