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If you look at the days of the week in French then some become more obvious: Lundi (monday) - lunar day Mardi (Tuesday) - mars Mercredi (Wednesday) - mercury Jeudi (Thursday) - Jupiter Vendredi (Friday) - Venus Samedi (Saturday) - Saturn Dimanche (Sunday) - it roughly means lord day in French, but Sun day also appkies
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CopywrightMMXI posted:If you look at the days of the week in French then some become more obvious: Portuguese, though, counts from Sunday, the "fair". So you get "second-fair" all the way through "sixth-fair," then Saturday (sábado) and Sunday (domingo), which are more like the other Romance languages.
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Oct 31, 2022 00:09
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I like Hebrew's no nonsense approach of: First Day Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day Sixth Day Rest Day
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That Hasbulla "kid" I keep seeing everywhere is a 20-year-old man.
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Captain Splendid posted:That Hasbulla "kid" I keep seeing everywhere is a 20-year-old man. Holy poo poo yeah I didn't know either
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Nov 1, 2022 01:42
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Captain Splendid posted:That Hasbulla "kid" I keep seeing everywhere is a 20-year-old man. Who was it who hated him and wanted to punt him. Someone super obnoxious I want to say
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Nov 1, 2022 08:38
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Milo and POTUS posted:Who was it who hated him and wanted to punt him. Someone super obnoxious I want to say Conor Mcgregor
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Milo and POTUS posted:Who was it who hated him and wanted to punt him. Someone super obnoxious I want to say Me gently caress that fascist midget
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Nov 1, 2022 09:42
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verbal enema posted:Me hey, that word is generally considered to be an offensive slur by the people to whom it refers. i have no idea who this guy is or whether he's a fascist or not but you still probably shouldn't use a slur to refer to him.
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Nov 1, 2022 11:16
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DontMockMySmock posted:hey, that word is generally considered to be an offensive slur by the people to whom it refers. i have no idea who this guy is or whether he's a fascist or not but you still probably shouldn't use a slur to refer to him. I was gonna mock your dwarf activism a bit, but a quick google turned up multiple statements from little people's associations supporting it, so yeah, I guess maybe we should avoid it. Especially actively using it as an insult
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Nov 1, 2022 17:20
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RFC2324 posted:I was gonna mock your dwarf activism a bit, but a quick google turned up multiple statements from little people's associations supporting it, so yeah, I guess maybe we should avoid it. Not to poo poo on your moment of personal growth, but that feels pretty on-topic for this thread because I feel like that's clearly been an insult since the 90s (?). I'm not American though so might have been different over there
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Nov 1, 2022 20:04
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Failed Imagineer posted:Not to poo poo on your moment of personal growth, but that feels pretty on-topic for this thread because I feel like that's clearly been an insult since the 90s (?). I'm not American though so might have been different over there They also use ‘gypped’ still.
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Nov 1, 2022 22:49
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Yeah that's a big yikes, I like that that slur is the bowdlerized version of an even-worse (or maybe just equally -bad) anti-Semitic slur
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Nov 1, 2022 22:52
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Torquemada posted:They also use ‘gypped’ still. That's a weird one because, as far as I can tell, tons of people (me included) grew up with it just being a verb to use without having a clue that there was any particular etymology or context to even worry about. Fortunately, I do think there's been a lot more awareness of that over the years, and I don't remember the last time I heard it come up outside of discussions why it and its related ethnic term are hateful.
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Nov 1, 2022 23:07
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Failed Imagineer posted:Not to poo poo on your moment of personal growth, but that feels pretty on-topic for this thread because I feel like that's clearly been an insult since the 90s (?). I'm not American though so might have been different over there There is a difference between an insult and a slur. I was aware of it as an insult, but not as an actual slur in any active way.
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Captain Hygiene posted:That's a weird one because, as far as I can tell, tons of people (me included) grew up with it just being a verb to use without having a clue that there was any particular etymology or context to even worry about. Fortunately, I do think there's been a lot more awareness of that over the years, and I don't remember the last time I heard it come up outside of discussions why it and its related ethnic term are hateful. I honestly think that the House episode that used the word brought the fact that it's a slur to a lot of Americans who didn't know.
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Nov 1, 2022 23:41
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I didn't know for a long time because I was introduced to the term from a 1001 Jokes style book, "what did the pharaoh say when the master mason overcharged for a pyramid? Aegyptus" which is just tortured, not nearly as good as the toot in common joke
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Nov 1, 2022 23:57
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Captain Hygiene posted:That's a weird one because, as far as I can tell, tons of people (me included) grew up with it just being a verb to use without having a clue that there was any particular etymology or context to even worry about. Fortunately, I do think there's been a lot more awareness of that over the years, and I don't remember the last time I heard it come up outside of discussions why it and its related ethnic term are hateful. I’m not even sure how much we really understood the idea of a “gypsy” as an ethnic group really. I mean obviously even in our pop culture they had darker complexions and sometimes accents and stuff, but they were almost more a lifestyle you could run away and join and not like a real ethnic group or anything like that. Or even something from a fairy tale type of thing Like there was this vague notion of the Roma but also not really.
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Brawnfire posted:I didn't know for a long time because I was introduced to the term from a 1001 Jokes style book, "what did the pharaoh say when the master mason overcharged for a pyramid? Aegyptus" which is just tortured, not nearly as good as the toot in common joke Weirdly the word g*psy comes from the misconception that the people it refers to originate from Egypt, so that joke isn't even really making a pun, it's just going back to the origin of the word.
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Nov 2, 2022 00:20
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Well that's cool, etymologically speaking
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christmas boots posted:I’m not even sure how much we really understood the idea of a “gypsy” as an ethnic group really. I mean obviously even in our pop culture they had darker complexions and sometimes accents and stuff, but they were almost more a lifestyle you could run away and join and not like a real ethnic group or anything like that. Or even something from a fairy tale type of thing It's when Stevie Nicks wears a shawl and spins in a circle.
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I learned from Cher that gypsies are just marginalized people trying to get by.
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Brawnfire posted:I didn't know for a long time because I was introduced to the term from a 1001 Jokes style book, "what did the pharaoh say when the master mason overcharged for a pyramid? Aegyptus" which is just tortured, not nearly as good as the toot in common joke Incidentally, that's where the word comes from. They thought they were Egyptian.
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Well that's cool, etymologically speaking.
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They’re all Greek to me
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christmas boots posted:They’re all Greek to me I hate this post.
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When I first read about Roma I thought someone hosed up spellcheck on Roman  I was very confused
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christmas boots posted:I’m not even sure how much we really understood the idea of a “gypsy” as an ethnic group really. I mean obviously even in our pop culture they had darker complexions and sometimes accents and stuff, but they were almost more a lifestyle you could run away and join and not like a real ethnic group or anything like that. Boy do I got news for you about what "ethnicity" means.
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Henchman of Santa posted:It's when Stevie Nicks wears a shawl and spins in a circle. Yeah, growing up in my part of 1970's/80's US, the word meant "people from Somewhere in Europe that travel around in wagons, usually to carnivals, dressed like hippies/peasants. There's an old woman who will tell your fortune and/or put a curse on you. She's got heavy makeup, a beauty mark, and big gold hoop earrings." And, yes, that was my totally"innocent" Halloween costume when I was like 7 or 8. Ugh. It was quick and easy, my mom just made me up and threw some of her vast collection of old hippie clothes/scarves/jewelry on me. But that's not a pic I'm throwing online.
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Garrand posted:I honestly think that the House episode that used the word brought the fact that it's a slur to a lot of Americans who didn't know. That episode of House was my first time hearing the word at all. I have no idea how, since it seems to be in pretty common usage now that I pay attention.
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Brawnfire posted:Well that's cool, etymologically speaking. Another bit of cool etymology relates to the origins of that name; it was believed they came from Egypt originally.
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Well that's cool, egyptologically speaking.
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Incidentally, Roma were called tater (pl. tatere) in Danish until the 19th century because they were believed to come from Tatarstan. Also sigøjner from German zigeuner, ultimately from Greek Αθίγγανος "untouchable", originally used for members of a Christian Melchizedekian sect. Basically, people just gave them any random origin. Carthag Tuek has a new favorite as of 08:24 on Nov 2, 2022 |
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That's what I get for not refreshing for 10 minutes 
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Well, don't worry, you're just in time for some rad etymology facts! e: exactly how bad could things get as a result of getting etymology mixed up with entomology?
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Tree Bucket posted:e: exactly how bad could things get as a result of getting etymology mixed up with entomology? It would bug a lot of people
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Tree Bucket posted:e: exactly how bad could things get as a result of getting etymology mixed up with entomology? That's none of your beesiness! 
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Tree Bucket posted:e: exactly how bad could things get as a result of getting etymology mixed up with entomology? 
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Carthag Tuek posted:Basically, people just gave them any random origin. 
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Yeah, growing up in my part of 1970's/80's US, the word meant "people from Somewhere in Europe that travel around in wagons, usually to carnivals, dressed like hippies/peasants. There's an old woman who will tell your fortune and/or put a curse on you. She's got heavy makeup, a beauty mark, and big gold hoop earrings." The Dark Carnies
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