of eggcorns and Eskimos

[Charles C Doyle]

I'll bet an Eskimo's elderly behind get chilly . . . .

--Charlie

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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Laurence Horn [laurence.horn at YALE.EDU]
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:56 AM


 From last Sunday's NYTBR (yes, I'm a week behind), in a review of TIm
Sandlin's new novel _Lydia_ by Mike Peed (imagine getting through
middle school with that name):

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At 58, she acts as if she's 20 and, of a benign nonagenarian,
gleefully quips, "Don't you admire the Eskimo ritual of leaving their
elderly behind on an ice flow?"
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Nice to be reminded that when they're not inventing new words for
"snow"--or "ice"--or rubbing noses, Eskimos are busy practice their
traditional ways of addressing the high cost of Medicare outlays.

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