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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by rivka on June 17, 2025, 11:01:12 AM »It would explain the gourmet tendencies.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Noemon on June 17, 2025, 08:29:39 AM »I guess it's time I came clean about actually being a Klowahkan.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by rivka on June 16, 2025, 07:39:30 PM »Do you lay many eggs?
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« Last post by Noemon on June 16, 2025, 07:03:18 PM »Maybe not the way you do it.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 16, 2025, 02:03:49 AM »Ovation has nothing to do with laying eggs, standing or otherwise.
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English & Linguistics / Re: The random etymology of the day
« Last post by Tante Shvester on June 05, 2025, 09:45:38 AM »In law, a tort is a lawsuit where you sue someone for money. It's the same derivation as torture, which makes sense if you've ever had to partake in a lawsuit. But it's also the same derivation as tortoise (and turtle), which hardly seems fair to the critters.
Porpoise, however, means "pig fish".
Porpoise, however, means "pig fish".
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Noemon on June 04, 2025, 02:41:52 PM »It was pretty much the auditory equivalent of chewing on aluminum foil.
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Jonathon on June 04, 2025, 11:20:45 AM »
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by rivka on June 04, 2025, 10:39:09 AM »*shudder*
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English & Linguistics / Re: Strange Proununciations
« Last post by Noemon on May 30, 2025, 08:32:19 PM »The other day there was a reporter on my local public radio station who repeatedly pronounced "Europe" as "Yerp". It drove me up a wall.