Hive: Musings about Crothian

[Terath Ninir]

You said it. I usually check four or five sources before I consider an etymology.

I love how some particularly stupid etymologies still get passed around. Like posh being an acronym for "Port Outward, Starboard Home". M Kay. Acronyms are a 20th century fad, not a 19th century one.

Or the ones of everyone's favourite cuss word. "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" -- please; you'd have to be a 6th grader or a rock star before I'd forgive you for believing that. Or the dimwits who claim it comes from Norman French, despite the fact that it can and long has been directly traced to Anglo-Saxon. I mean, come ON, it's pretty darn obvious the word comes from German roots and not Latin...

 

[MonsterMash]

and it's all done with a single hand......

Oozes have hands?

 

[Crothian]

Oozes have hands?

of course, the evolution of the ooze gives us many options

 

[JIMBOTHEBLACK]

and it's all done with a single hand......

It must be all knarly and swollen from writing 26,000 posts.Honestly, what do you write about for that many posts anyway?

 

[Terath Ninir]

There's always the chance to stumble across those infamous "false friends" that look like they mean the same, but don't.

wo::where
wer::who

"Waiter, when will I become my beefsteak?" - "I hope never, sir!"

"I am a jelly doughnut!"

 

[Crothian]

You mean one pseudopod?

you don't have clearence for that information citizen

 

[Jdvn1]

I love how some particularly stupid etymologies still get passed around. Like posh being an acronym for "Port Outward, Starboard Home". M Kay. Acronyms are a 20th century fad, not a 19th century one.

Or the ones of everyone's favourite cuss word. "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" -- please; you'd have to be a 6th grader or a rock star before I'd forgive you for believing that. Or the dimwits who claim it comes from Norman French, despite the fact that it can and long has been directly traced to Anglo-Saxon. I mean, come ON, it's pretty darn obvious the word comes from German roots and not Latin...

Actually, now I want to start my own rumor about an etymology and see how far it spreads in ten years.

 

[Jdvn1]

of course, the evolution of the ooze gives us many options

Remember, he's advanced.

 

[Crothian]

It must be all knarly and swollen from writing 26,000 posts.Honestly, what do you write about for that many posts anyway?

well, they all didn't happen today you know? Or this month...or even this year. And I wriote about lots of things, but mosttly little puppies......

 

[Crothian]

Remember, he's advanced.

That was so 2 weeks ago.......

and no one understood what it was from anyway