{"id":20191,"date":"2024-06-25T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20191"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:30:42","slug":"dyslexicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=20191","title":{"rendered":"Dyslexicon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here\u2019s a treat that we always get on my Flavors of Little Levant ethnojunket<\/a> in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It\u2019s \u201cgoulash,\u201d a savory meat pie \u2013 crispy layers of phyllo dough on top, juicy perfectly seasoned beef beneath, and more phyllo on the bottom that has benefitted from soaking up those perfectly seasoned juices. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIsn\u2019t \u2018goulash\u2019 a sort of Hungarian stew?\u201d I hear you cry.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, but this is Egyptian \u2018goulash\u2019. The two couldn\u2019t be more different. There\u2019s no connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen why are they cognates?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not cognates. It\u2019s just a remarkable coincidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re trying to convince me that the Hungarian and Egyptian Arabic words \u2018goulash\u2019 and \u2018goulash\u2019 aren\u2019t cognates? You expect me to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, if you insist on cleaving to that rationale, you might want to consider chewing over \u2018galoshes\u2019 then, also part of this linguistic conundrum. None of them are cognates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re cognots.\u201d
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