▲ 614 ▼ TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years (nautil.us) submitted 2 years ago by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments it's also yummy
[–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) As a native English speaker who'd never heard of this word - TIL x2 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) What does smoked salmon sound like? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It sounds like a nice topping on a bagel permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Stupid economy... I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it. I HATE a $15 bagel... :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago schlp schlp schlp permalink fedilink source parent [–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) What does smoked salmon sound like? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It sounds like a nice topping on a bagel permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Stupid economy... I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it. I HATE a $15 bagel... :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago schlp schlp schlp permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) What does smoked salmon sound like? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It sounds like a nice topping on a bagel permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Stupid economy... I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it. I HATE a $15 bagel... :( permalink fedilink source parent [–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago schlp schlp schlp permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It sounds like a nice topping on a bagel permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Stupid economy... I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it. I HATE a $15 bagel... :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 2 years ago Stupid economy... I LOVE a lox and cream cheese bagel, maybe even some onion on it. I HATE a $15 bagel... :( permalink fedilink source parent
[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago schlp schlp schlp permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent