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Fo3 posted:http://www.edenics.net/english-word-origins.aspx?word=DECADENCE Well, sure, but I wasn't looking for cognates, just the most recent common ancestor. 
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KillHour posted:More importantly, I just learned that corn is a cereal. It's old I know, but it's a favourite fun fact of mine... Corn refers to any cereal.
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rock rock posted:It's old I know, but it's a favourite fun fact of mine... Only if you're a filthy Redcoat.
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When I was in elementary school in the early 90s, I remember seeing commercials for the hair removal product Nad's. Of course, all the kids my age would giggle at the name because in America nads is slang for balls. At that time, I also remember watching commercials for Nair hair removal. I had always believed that Nad's changed their brand name to Nair to avoid the embarrassment. I just found out 20 seconds ago they are entirely different brands, and that they still exist.
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rock rock posted:It's old I know, but it's a favourite fun fact of mine... That's a British thing. Along the same lines, I learned recently that calling athletic/casual shoes "sneakers" is not common outside of my relatively small geographic area. I thought everyone called them that. 
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KillHour posted:That's a British thing. Along the same lines, I learned recently that calling athletic/casual shoes "sneakers" is not common outside of my relatively small geographic area. I thought everyone called them that. Uh, sneakers is pretty common where do you live?
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It's more that using "corn" to refer to maize is an American thing. Corn comes from the old Proto-Indo-European word for any kind of grain (in fact grain also comes from that same PIE word), and its cognates are used in most European languages. Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm => Germanic *kurną => English corn, German & Scandinavian korn, etc Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm => Latin grānum => French grain => English grain Carthag Tuek has a new favorite as of 17:38 on Oct 7, 2015 |
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kazil posted:Uh, sneakers is pretty common where do you live? I'd guess that most of the US could identify "sneakers" as rubber-soled athletic shoes, but apparently the more accepted term outside of the Northeast (and, weirdly, southern Florida) is "tennis shoes". 
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All I'm seeing there is that apparently in pockets near the Great Lakes people don't wear shoes.
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trickybiscuits posted:Holy poo poo, I went to this school! I repeatedly got cheeseburgers at the exact place where this occurred! I am unreasonably excited about this fact! From the Schadenfreude Thread. I have seen Hot Fuzz many times. I just realized that the supermarket owner is Timothy Dalton.
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Besesoth posted:I'd guess that most of the US could identify "sneakers" as rubber-soled athletic shoes, but apparently the more accepted term outside of the Northeast (and, weirdly, southern Florida) is "tennis shoes". Add Ontario to the sneakers crowd, along with running shoes/runners, because nobody plays tennis here (Milos Raonic excepted). 
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Besesoth posted:I'd guess that most of the US could identify "sneakers" as rubber-soled athletic shoes, but apparently the more accepted term outside of the Northeast (and, weirdly, southern Florida) is "tennis shoes". the two terms are pretty interchangable here in my area of ohio
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This was a little while ago for me but the national rail logo... isn't just some random lines crossing each other, but two arrows pointing in opposite directions overlapping. Y'know, like train tracks. In my mid twenties before I realised that 
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Relatedly, JR/Duty Free is totally unrelated to Japan Rail. ...I first saw the duty free one in a Japanese airport, ok?  It took a few encounters back home to look closer and see some guy's name that I don't remember.
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Overminty posted:This was a little while ago for me but the national rail logo... They're not "like train tracks" because they're arrows, they're train tracks that are also arrows.
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Snapchat A Titty posted:They're not "like train tracks" because they're arrows, they're train tracks that are also arrows. Yeah, but they aren't just arrows (with the arrows on the ends on the lines for example like most people would draw an arrow). They are in the middle meeting each other to form both an "N", and a stylized "R" at the same time.
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Besesoth posted:I'd guess that most of the US could identify "sneakers" as rubber-soled athletic shoes, but apparently the more accepted term outside of the Northeast (and, weirdly, southern Florida) is "tennis shoes". Not that it's either here nor there, but in the UK they're most commonly referred to as trainers or sports shoes.
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Mister Macys posted:Add Ontario to the sneakers crowd, along with running shoes/runners, because nobody plays tennis here (Milos Raonic excepted). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUaMzsNKR7Q Speaking of regional things, I just found out that a Witch Window is sometihng that pretty much only exists in Vermont:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_window I've lived hear almost my whole life, so I guess I just assumed it was a common thing elsewhere.
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Fo3 posted:Yeah, but they aren't just arrows (with the arrows on the ends on the lines for example like most people would draw an arrow). They are in the middle meeting each other to form both an "N", and a stylized "R" at the same time. This may be your interpretation, but it isn't intentional. That logo was the same when it was still British Rail
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Aphrodite posted:All I'm seeing there is that apparently in pockets near the Great Lakes people don't wear shoes. In northern MN, especially on the North Shore and the Range, "Tenners" is super common.
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DrBouvenstein posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUaMzsNKR7Q You need to explain this loving thing to me. What the hell?
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KillHour posted:You need to explain this loving thing to me. What the hell? Sometimes you want a window in your gable but there's no room for a conventionally-oriented one. Tilting a regular window is easier than expanding the roof or putting in a dormer (which lets a lot of heat out). You can even take the window out and reuse it! Also witches can't fly through tilted windows. You want to keep your family safe from witches, right?
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Continuing regionalchat, I just found out that Fluffernutter sandwiches are apparently only a thing in New England, even though you can totally buy Fluff in other parts of the country
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Pththya-lyi posted:Also witches can't fly through tilted windows. Another time where someone posts in the Stuff You Cant Believe You Just Figured Out thread without doing research. I have personally witnessed at least 3 witches flying through tilted windows.
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kazil posted:Another time where someone posts in the Stuff You Cant Believe You Just Figured Out thread without doing research. I have personally witnessed at least 3 witches flying through tilted windows. They'd hit their heads on the top, idiot. Brooms don't let you slide to the side because of the shape.
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What about witches tokyo drifting though?
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InediblePenguin posted:Continuing regionalchat, I just found out that Fluffernutter sandwiches are apparently only a thing in New England, even though you can totally buy Fluff in other parts of the country That's because they're gross.
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InediblePenguin posted:Continuing regionalchat, I just found out that Fluffernutter sandwiches are apparently only a thing in New England, even though you can totally buy Fluff in other parts of the country People made them when I lived in Kansas City, fuckers make them here in Texas. I'm pretty sure Fluffernutters are a thing in most places where people like peanut-butter and marshmallow fluff and don't give a gently caress. I have tried them, I don't like them, pb&j is superior imo.
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My favorite part of this thread has returned! In my corner of the world we call thing something. Also we call different thing something else!!
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Snapchat A Titty posted:My favorite part of this thread has returned! In my corner of the world we call thing something. Also we call different thing something else!! I'll have a Pepsi
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syscall girl posted:I'll have a Pepsi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
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Smash it Smash hit posted:sierra mist.... mountain dew. gahhhhh! nice but they dont taste the same. sierra mist is sprite made by pepsi. Mister Macys posted:The WWE wrestler Yokozuna is Samoan. I always thought he was Hawaiian-Japanese.
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Pththya-lyi posted:Sometimes you want a window in your gable but there's no room for a conventionally-oriented one. Tilting a regular window is easier than expanding the roof or putting in a dormer (which lets a lot of heat out). You can even take the window out and reuse it! But why Vermont and not upstate New York or New Hampshire or western Massachusetts? I guess I don't expect you to actually know, I just think it's weird.
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Elim Garak posted:But why Vermont and not upstate New York or New Hampshire or western Massachusetts? I guess I don't expect you to actually know, I just think it's weird. Something similar to founder's effect, probably. One carpenter somewhere in Vermont started doing it to save materials at some point, and it spread from him. Makes total sense to reuse the window when you're building an extension. People around noticed and thought "huh, that's pretty clever use of materials." It hasn't spread further because there hasn't been enough time and now you can just order the house online and 3d-print it.
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Captain Monkey posted:They'd hit their heads on the top, idiot. Brooms don't let you slide to the side because of the shape. Nuh-uh, if they hit their head it proves they aren't a real witch read a book. Snapchat A Titty posted:What about witches tokyo drifting though? Salem Drift
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kazil posted:Nuh-uh, if they hit their head it proves they aren't a real witch read a book. Are you sure you aren't just misremembering the ordeal by ax?
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I just figured out that "alley-oop" is actually french. I thought it was just nonsense for the longest time. Allez-hop, according to wikipedia, is the original french spelling.
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Mister Macys posted:Add Ontario to the sneakers crowd, along with running shoes/runners, because nobody plays tennis here (Milos Raonic excepted). Atlantic Canada too. I've only heard "tennis shoes" in 80s movies.
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KoRMaK posted:gahhhhh! nice And Sierra Mist used to be Lemon-Lime Slice 
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more piss, less lemon
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