A bowl of chicken congee. Picture: SCMP
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Language Matters by Lisa Lim
Where the word congee comes from – the answer may surprise you
The dish is frequently associated with East Asian cuisine but the term originated in India – from the Tamil kanji
Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018
A bowl of chicken congee. Picture: SCMP
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Lisa Lim has worked in Singapore, Britain, Amsterdam and Sri Lanka, and until June 2018 was Associate Professor and Head of the School of English at the University of Hong Kong, where she still holds an Honorary position. She now is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney. She is co-editor of the journal Language Ecology, founder of the website linguisticminorities.hk, and co-author of Languages in Contact (Cambridge University Press, 2016).