Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Explores the Dramatic Evolution of Ketchup

9 August 2017 (Wednesday)

21 July 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, explores the dramatic evolution of ketchup from a preserved fish sauce to sweet tomato gloop, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“The name of the world’s favourite sauce originated with Min Chinese, entered the lexicon in Indonesia, and from there was eventually absorbed into English via British India; along the way the sauce evolved dramatically.”

Please click on the following link for the complete article:

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2103418/when-china-invented-ketchup-300bc-and-how-it-morphed

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Source: SCMP

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