Fishmonger, fishwife: The Following comes from an old, out-of-commission web site called The Mavens’ Word of the Day

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (2002) Fishmonger, fishwife: The Following comes from an old, out-of-commission web site called The Mavens’ Word of the Day. Yemaya (10). pp. 9-10. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Recently on the NPR show, “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”, a contestant identified herself as a fishmonger. This was the occasion for many jokes about “monging fish” and questions (unanswered) about where the word came from. That question in turn reminded me of the word fishwife. I wondered why the one word—fishmonger—seems to have a straightforward meaning of `fish-seller’, while the other has such derogatory connotations about women’s temperaments, vocal characteristics, and vocabularies. Is there a common derivation? And why the relationship to fish?

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM108
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Etymology, Websites, Women, Trade, Trafficking, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 06:25
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2022 06:29
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/232

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