The Allusionist

105. F'ood

09.03.2019 - By Helen ZaltzmanPlay

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When is cheese not cheese, or crab not crab? When it’s spelled cheez or krab or even ch’eese or cra’b… Novelty spellings for foods-that-aren’t-made-out-of-the-thing-they-sound-like-they’re-made-out-of go back a pretty long way, and right now they're on the rise.

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