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#1 2010-02-22 14:11:53

lawmel
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Registered: 2010-02-22
Posts: 1

"ice tea" instead of "iced tea"

I have seen this on many menus. I’m new to this, so I am not sure that this is a true eggcorn. I believe the origin for this is lazy pronunciation, failing to give appropriate enunciation of both consonants (“d” and “t”) in this combination. Anyway, here it is!

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#2 2010-02-22 14:48:12

DavidTuggy
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2007-10-11
Posts: 2714
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Re: "ice tea" instead of "iced tea"

Welcome, lawmel. This kind of thing is a point of contention among us at times. I’m convinced that grammar is in general meaningful, and thus inclined to be somewhat sympathetic to the view that a slight grammatical change like this one, be it inspired by lazy pronunciation or not, can constitute a kind of acorn. But I think we’re all in agreement that it is at best a subtle, not-very-striking sort of meaning change, and thus this would be, if an acorn at all, not a first-class one. Still, you’re demonstrating a good ear, and this is certainly a real variant.
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I seem to remember (though I’m too lazy/busy to look it up at the moment) that what we now call ice cream was originally iced cream ; I would assume the etymological path would be parallel.


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we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .

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#3 2010-02-22 20:27:45

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

Re: "ice tea" instead of "iced tea"

Just like ‘skimmed milk’ turned into ‘skim milk.’

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#4 2010-02-22 23:57:40

JuanTwoThree
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From: Spain
Registered: 2009-08-15
Posts: 455

Re: "ice tea" instead of "iced tea"

Serendipitously, this is being discussed on the Language Log:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2130


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