Author Topic: Funny English and Linguistics stuff... (Read 217062 times)

Jonathon · « **Reply #1200 on:** February 23, 2017, 10:47:33 AM »

Nobody needed that ever.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1201 on:** March 28, 2017, 10:40:52 AM »

rivka · « **Reply #1202 on:** March 28, 2017, 10:55:29 AM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #1203 on:** April 22, 2017, 10:01:31 AM »

It was panel five that really killed me.

Dobie · « **Reply #1204 on:** April 28, 2017, 10:25:51 AM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #1205 on:** May 10, 2017, 08:37:25 AM »

Good news, everyone! This whole sandwich debate will probably burn itself out in another seven or eight years.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1206 on:** June 06, 2017, 03:00:32 PM »

"Broker" is a funny name for the job of someone who manages your money.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1207 on:** June 13, 2017, 09:26:10 AM »

Grocer is a funny word. You'd think people would prefer the person who was handing their food to be less gross, not more.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1208 on:** June 13, 2017, 09:28:05 AM »

Pumps and clogs sound like things that plumbers have to work with, but they're also kinds of shoes.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1209 on:** June 13, 2017, 09:45:31 AM »

Huh. I never realized this before, but etymologically, a grocer is someone who buys and sells in gross (in bulk, that is, not in disgustingness).

Ela · « **Reply #1210 on:** June 14, 2017, 02:46:30 PM »

Interesting.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #1211 on:** June 25, 2017, 10:58:02 AM »

$10 million lawsuit declares that the Oxford comma is necessary

rivka · « **Reply #1212 on:** June 25, 2017, 12:52:02 PM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #1213 on:** July 07, 2017, 08:56:12 AM »

Jonathon · « **Reply #1214 on:** September 13, 2017, 01:47:37 PM »

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1215 on:** September 13, 2017, 09:44:18 PM »

By me, "orientate" is the most annoying.

Porter · « **Reply #1216 on:** September 14, 2017, 05:44:28 AM »

The world *would* be way easier if other people's opinions weren't so incorrect all of the time.

T-Rex, you understand me like no one else.

rivka · « **Reply #1217 on:** September 14, 2017, 11:51:22 AM »

Quote from: Tante Shvester on September 13, 2017, 09:44:18 PM

By me, "orientate" is the most annoying.

I would agree, but "by me" is considerably worse.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1218 on:** September 14, 2017, 04:06:02 PM »

I find it to be folksy.

Jonathon · « **Reply #1219 on:** September 14, 2017, 04:14:01 PM »

Is that a Yiddishism? It sounds kind of like one, but I don't think they use "bei mir" like that in German.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1220 on:** September 14, 2017, 04:15:35 PM »

It is, for sure, a Yiddishism.

rivka · « **Reply #1221 on:** September 14, 2017, 09:27:01 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on September 14, 2017, 04:14:01 PM

Is that a Yiddishism?

In Yiddish, "by" is used in place of a ridiculous number of prepositions. A frequently cited Yiddish translation of "of the people, by the people, for the people" is "by the oilam, by the oilam, by the oilam".

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #1222 on:** September 15, 2017, 02:48:52 AM »

Link

Another link

Jonathon · « **Reply #1223 on:** September 18, 2017, 03:09:36 PM »

Cool. Thanks!

Nighthawk · « **Reply #1224 on:** September 20, 2017, 09:55:17 AM »