SFGATE: Ben & Jerry's new anti-Trump joke reveals deep divide
Ben & Jerry's new anti-Trump joke reveals deep divide"
Published on October 30, 2018 at 08:33PM by Jordyn Holman, Bloomberg
Ben & Jerry's latest ice cream campaign is courting controversy twice over. One, the company is calling on ice cream lovers everywhere to oppose the Trump administration's agenda. Two, it's embracing a pronunciation of "pecan" -- as in "PEE-can" -- that's really only popular along stretches of the East Coast from Maine to South Carolina. Starting Tuesday, the flavor normally known as New York Super Fudge Chunk will be called "Pecan Resist." Get it? Maybe not. In the U.S., there are four major ways to refer to the popular pie nut, according to Grant Barrett, linguist and co-host of the radio show "A Way With Words." Native American tribes had different pronunciations for the nut, which they taught American settlers over time.
Published on October 30, 2018 at 08:33PM by Jordyn Holman, Bloomberg
Ben & Jerry's latest ice cream campaign is courting controversy twice over. One, the company is calling on ice cream lovers everywhere to oppose the Trump administration's agenda. Two, it's embracing a pronunciation of "pecan" -- as in "PEE-can" -- that's really only popular along stretches of the East Coast from Maine to South Carolina. Starting Tuesday, the flavor normally known as New York Super Fudge Chunk will be called "Pecan Resist." Get it? Maybe not. In the U.S., there are four major ways to refer to the popular pie nut, according to Grant Barrett, linguist and co-host of the radio show "A Way With Words." Native American tribes had different pronunciations for the nut, which they taught American settlers over time.
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