GandalftheBlack

@GandalftheBlack@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Latin names suck⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t really true though. Although many IE langauges don’t use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL Scotland and Wales don’t exist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It really is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hapax blepomenon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New thing to ponder just dropped⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure it’s a new thing to ponder, but it certainly is something to ponder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a bully⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *would be worth it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This one goes out to Dennis Prager⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The m in mpreg stands for mouse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it was Latin, the singular would be octoped(e) and the plural would be octopedes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nice chompers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Little known fact, halberds used to be covered in feathers, but they didn’t survive in the archaeological record

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Angels 🥹⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And in German a bat is a Fledermaus, which literally means “wing-mouse”

• Bad Apple!! but it's a smoke simulationwww.youtube.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We gotta be more encouraging⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Graham Hancock moment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wendnesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is the n in Germanic words for ten not just a reflex of m in PIE *dekm̥t?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wendnesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We started pronouncing it Febuary instead of February to match January. From Wiktionary:
  The pronunciation of the first r as /j/ has come about by dissimilation and analogy with January. In the UK pronunciation /ˈfɛb.ɹi/ (*Febry) the sequence /ɹə.ɹi/ in /ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/ (*Febrery) is simplified to /ɹi/ by haplology.

  Also, we should bring back the Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries! Sorry if I came across as overly abrasive about someþing þat doesn’t really matter, I just really dislike misguided prescriptivism

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop talking about the “correct” usage. This is an idea based on how it’s used in one particular context. The and thorn were used interchangeably by English scribes for centuries, so there’s nothing wrong with using thorn exclusively.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Force of habit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1280

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Force of habit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its only natural, 'spelling mi’stake’s ba’sed on a mi’sunder’standing of 'spelling convention’s have been happening for thou’sand’s of year’s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why bananas are cheaper in the UK than in Brazil

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh no my harvest is too bountiful⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  -ulus according to Wiktionary:
  From Proto-Italic *-elos (whence Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *-lós.[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-ilaz and *-ulaz, whence no longer productive English -le (as in dimple and nozzle), Dutch -el, German -el.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grocery shopping⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the thyme

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grocery shopping⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the idea, yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨egg time⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it not the other way around? Birds are dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs are birds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two sides of the same Force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They banned multiples of five for being woke so it’s 2024 2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨unforgivable bad bad mommy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, surprisingly not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Rare Northern Ireland W

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨predatory giraffes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a dinosaur, but yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Updates that don't tell me what is being updated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Silence, Owl. Anki supremacy till the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I still think it’s not necessarily true

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨historule⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If a levy is a tax then a piss levy is when they come to take the piss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I misread fat as hat, but that would work too