Tortilla Soup/Aztec Soup
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Dec 3 22:39:46 UTC 2007
On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2007 3:41 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> (the only google hit i got for "domozoic" was a website claiming to
>> trace the Levitical prohibition against eating shellfish to the
>> possibility of poisoning by domozoic acid. i am dubious.)
>
> You'll find more hits for "domoic acid" (though that's not in the
> OED either).
ah. yes.
i must have misremembered. a very clear recollection, but no doubt
mistaken.
the OED point remains, of course.
arnold
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