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[–] Hupf@feddit.de 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

How is there so many relevant xkcds

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There will come the day where humankind abandons traditional language and embraces comunicating only via relevant XKCD comics

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

The students, this years records destroyed

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Of course I can distinguish the words, I just don’t know their meaning, and it bugs me.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Etymology is not just the meaning of words but their history. How they were coined and what they meant at different times in the past.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always wondered how hardcore etymologists (?) feel watching certain history shows or sci-fi knowing that there's no way they could be using certain words or phrases.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends. A show taking place in the 80s where the kids are saying "poggers" and "rizz" would be pretty jarring.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

you have to have some yarbels to get me gulliver to watch 80s baffoonery.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago

It's a classic epidemiological failure to appropriately organize one's knowledge and information.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I propose a slight edit:

The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't even begin to put into words.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Or with accent... I can't even buggin to put into words

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Ask your ant, or your ankle

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I actually did make that mistake IRL exactly once.

[–] RHSJack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I didnt want to upvote you. I really didnt. But my parents raised me better. I am upvoting because its good optics in the neighorhood.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

This was brilliant! Loved it.