Recent Examples on the WebThen Manny followed up Dan’s question by asking if the dish was ... a porridge?—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2024 There's a lengthy vegetarian menu, which isn't always a given in these parts—think broad bean porridge with confit ceps or slow-roasted beetroot with walnut wine.—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2024 Traditionally, black sesame seeds have been used in desserts throughout Asia for centuries, as in black sesame brittle candy and tang yuan in China or black sesame porridge, heugimja juk, in South Korea.—Eric Kim, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024 According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for porridge
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The sound change is peculiar. Perhaps there was some anticipatory voicing of -tt- and the resultant voiced stop was taken as a rhotic tap. Compare the same change in porringer.
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