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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:That meaning predates the tongue stuff. There's evidence of it in the Aeneid who attributed it to Etruscan Lictors who carried out corporal punishment. Being beaten by their rod of office was known as 'getting lict'.. Hmm, getting lict to death... Doesn't sound too bad!
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TheCenturion posted:The thing to remember with English is that words come from all over the place, and sound-alike doesn't mean actually-alike. To this day I think the most humorously apt thing I've ever heard said of the English language is that "English is what happens when a language goes to prison." ManiacClown fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Jan 20, 2024 |
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ManiacClown posted:To the best day I think the most humorously apt thing I've ever heard said of the English language is that "English is what happens when a language goes to prison." The English just got conquered a lot in the past and for some reason their language thrived because of it. They paid everybody back a couple of centuries later.
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TheCenturion posted:] "i before e except after c" actually has more exceptions to it than words that follow the rule. It is the most useless piece of grammar advice in existence
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I before E has always been utterly useless as a rule, I mean science
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I before E is how I remember how to spell Sam Kieth. It used to be on his website or one of his art books or somewhere. Been almost a year since he posted anything on his blog, I just noticed. Edit, oh, this is not the chat thread...
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![]() Ranma 1/2 Vol. 20 (1992)
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Darthemed posted:
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![]() ![]() ![]() Transformers vs. The Terminator #1 (2020) SimonChris fucked around with this message at 12:20 on Jan 21, 2024 |
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Brass balls.
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"You would destroy the Cybertronians with terminators?" "We would destroy the Cybertronians with one terminator. This is not war; this is pest control!" I considered the Badass thread, but it's just so ridiculous.
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![]() Superboy #140 (1967)
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Darthemed posted:
...Yes, father, I shall become a sellout...
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![]() Justice League #5 (1987) ![]() ![]() Justice League International #7 (1987) ![]() The Sandman #26 (1991) Haha, gently caress you, Gray Man, it was all for nothing! I love these subtle callbacks in Sandman.
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ManiacClown posted:To this day I think the most humorously apt thing I've ever heard said of the English language is that "English is what happens when a language goes to prison." "English doesn't just borrow words from other languages, it chases them into dark alleys, raps them soundly about the head, and rifles through their pockets for them." "English is Latin, German and French standing on each other's shoulders wearing a trenchcoat." Really, English is a pidgin language that got really enthusiastic.
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Like pigeons, it breeds rapidly in urban environments and shits on all the statues.
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SimonChris posted:
This is amazing, I've read the Sandman many times and I never knew!
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![]() Flaming Carrot Comics #25 (1991)
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Darthemed posted:
Is there a "Profound panels" thread, this is the most insightful to life experience stuff right here. I flipped through the Flaming Carrot omnibus once but it didn't seem quite accessible for me, but respect! I do love 80s Turtles and say The Tick.
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I’d recommend you give the Doc Stearn… Mr. Monster books a try, they’re in a similar vein to The Tick at times, though the tone changes with each run of the series.![]() From Beyond the Unknown #25 (1973)
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Right on, that sounds awesome.
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sebmojo posted:I before E has always been utterly useless as a rule, I mean science I greatly prefer I after E; I was a real miserable gently caress before I started transitioning. ![]()
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There is no "i" in team. If there were, it would read "tieam" and that's just silly!
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![]() ![]() By Kate Beaton ![]() No idea of issue, sorry!
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That rules! Looks like it's from Rogue & Gambit 5, the 2018 one.
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More comics should encorporate Kate Beaton's stuff.
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So Kate Beaton is technically canon to the Marvel universe, that's awesome
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Does this mean Brown Recluse Spider-Man is a dream Peter once had?
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Darthemed posted:
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![]() Source: Invincible Iron Man(2022) #14 ![]() Source: Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #42
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I didn't know Kingpin was dating Cruella De Vil. Good for them.
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brainSnakes posted:I didn't know Kingpin was dating Cruella De Vil. Good for them. That would be Typhoid Mary, a femme fatale Daredevil villain with dissociative identity disorder of varying severity, murderous tendencies and a number of psychic powers. ![]() She has the blessing and the curse of being designed at a very specific time in fashion history. Suleman fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Spider-man "Raggedy Ann fetish" quips write themselves with that mop top
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Suleman posted:
Is that Tombstone and She-Hulk? what's going on?
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yes a gang war
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Mooseontheloose posted:Is that Tombstone and She-Hulk? what's going on? A bunch of crime lords, including Tombstone's daughter are fighting an open war over control of New York. Many superheroes are stepping in. It's a big, pointless crossover event.
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Suleman posted:That would be Typhoid Mary, a femme fatale Daredevil villain with dissociative identity disorder of varying severity, murderous tendencies and a number of psychic powers. ![]() Yeah. It was a thing.
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