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American here. I have a larger vocabulary than probably 99% of people, including multiple regional and ethnic dialects, but I have never heard or seen this wor

by crx07 6y ago

American here. I have a larger vocabulary than probably 99% of people, including multiple regional and ethnic dialects, but I have never heard or seen this word in my entire life.

oh_sigh 6y ago
That may put you in the minority then, because I know I've heard lox referred to in national pop culture shows like Seinfeld. I always assumed that people would have at least a passing knowledge of it, even if only that it was just salmon that you ate with breakfast.
sk5t 6y ago
You may be giving yourself a little too much credit here; I expect more than a quarter of people in the northeastern US would know what "bagel and lox" is. Almost everyone who is not a stranger to a Jewish delicatessen would know.
floatrock 6y ago
New Yorker here. I suggest you add "any New York deli or bagel shop" to your 99th percentile list of multiple regional and ethnic dialects.
- saalweachter 6y ago
  The population of NYC alone is 2.5% of the US population; the New York Metropolitan Area, about 6%.
DanBC 6y ago
From OED: > lox, n. 2 > (lɒks)Pl. lox, loxes.[f. Yiddish laks, f. G. lachs salmon.] > lox, n. 2 > A kind of smoked salmon. > 1941: S. Longstreet Last Man around World xii. 135 “Listen, you lox-eater—until last year you thought herring was the only thing they took from the sea.” > 1950: F. Allen Let. Oct. in G. Marx Groucho Lett. (1967) 73 “At the stage delicatessen..the lox is running good and the cream cheese is spreading easily.” > 1961: B. Malamud New Life (1962) 121 “I'll bet lox to bagels that Gerald will get more for the department.” > 1969: A. Glyn Dragon Variation ix. 293 “He..folded himself on to a stool at the counter, and ordered coffee and a bagel with lox.” > 1972: Times 21 July 12/8 “Where in Paris,..can one enjoy a breakfast of beigles, lox (Yiddish for salmon) and cream cheese?” > 1973: Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Sept. 35/5 “The bagel..often is eaten with smoked salmon or lox from Nova Scotia.”

by crx07 6y ago

American here. I have a larger vocabulary than probably 99% of people, including multiple regional and ethnic dialects, but I have never heard or seen this word in my entire life.

oh_sigh 6y ago

That may put you in the minority then, because I know I've heard lox referred to in national pop culture shows like Seinfeld. I always assumed that people would have at least a passing knowledge of it, even if only that it was just salmon that you ate with breakfast.

sk5t 6y ago

You may be giving yourself a little too much credit here; I expect more than a quarter of people in the northeastern US would know what "bagel and lox" is. Almost everyone who is not a stranger to a Jewish delicatessen would know.

floatrock 6y ago

New Yorker here. I suggest you add "any New York deli or bagel shop" to your 99th percentile list of multiple regional and ethnic dialects.

saalweachter 6y ago
The population of NYC alone is 2.5% of the US population; the New York Metropolitan Area, about 6%.

DanBC 6y ago

From OED: > lox, n. 2 > (lɒks)Pl. lox, loxes.[f. Yiddish laks, f. G. lachs salmon.] > lox, n. 2 > A kind of smoked salmon. > 1941: S. Longstreet Last Man around World xii. 135 “Listen, you lox-eater—until last year you thought herring was the only thing they took from the sea.” > 1950: F. Allen Let. Oct. in G. Marx Groucho Lett. (1967) 73 “At the stage delicatessen..the lox is running good and the cream cheese is spreading easily.” > 1961: B. Malamud New Life (1962) 121 “I'll bet lox to bagels that Gerald will get more for the department.” > 1969: A. Glyn Dragon Variation ix. 293 “He..folded himself on to a stool at the counter, and ordered coffee and a bagel with lox.” > 1972: Times 21 July 12/8 “Where in Paris,..can one enjoy a breakfast of beigles, lox (Yiddish for salmon) and cream cheese?” > 1973: Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Sept. 35/5 “The bagel..often is eaten with smoked salmon or lox from Nova Scotia.”