A Linguistic Note for Christmas

by Dec 19, 2013Linguistics2 comments

Blueberries are blue but cranberries are not cran.
—Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct

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2 Comments
  1. Don Johnson

    True, but raspberries are definitely rasp!

  2. Dennis

    Nor are strawberries straw.