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Turtlicious posted:The etymology of the word "Trump" or to trump something, comes from grecco roman wrestling, when you're TRansitioning to the RUMP position. Took me a while to peace that together haha. 
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Thread title continues to remain relevant. Trump is a card game term, notably from Bridge and Euchre, generally meaning a special suit that beats all others. It's derived from Triumph.
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Oct 6, 2017 09:14
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The avocado's name is a butchering of the French phrase "avec a do" which means "to have with," fitting because rarely is avocado or guacamole had by itself. 
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Oct 6, 2017 11:10
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Cindy Shitbird posted:The avocado's name is a butchering of the French phrase "avec a do" which means "to have with," fitting because rarely is avocado or guacamole had by itself.
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Oct 6, 2017 11:18
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Pretty sure "avocado" is actually Aztec for "testicle."
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Oct 6, 2017 11:35
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The Mighty Moltres posted:Pretty sure "avocado" is actually Aztec for "testicle." Oh come on, at least put some effort into your fakeposts 
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Oct 6, 2017 12:42
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Leavemywife posted:The song Mr. Burns sings, "Like my Vest" is a takeoff of the Beauty and the Beast song "Be my Guest". The song is See My Vest, which makes it a bit more obvious too.
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Oct 6, 2017 14:56
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The thread title isn't an invitation to just make stuff up  I just learned that a) "solder" is pronounced differently in the UK and AUS/NZ, and b) some Brits get REALLY salty about the US pronunciation.
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Oct 6, 2017 14:59
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what, do they pronounce the L? weird
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Oct 6, 2017 15:01
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Aphrodite posted:The song is See My Vest, which makes it a bit more obvious too. Oh. I didn't know that, either. I only just realized it last night when my wife and I were watching the new movie and I don't think I've heard the Burns song since middle school or so.
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Oct 6, 2017 15:09
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Aphrodite posted:The song is See My Vest, which makes it a bit more obvious too. Huh, didn't know that. I always thought it was the much more direct "Be My Vest", like he's singing to the dogs about his eventual making a vest out of them. But I haven't seen that episode in at least 15 years.
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Oct 6, 2017 16:36
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om nom nom posted:Huh, didn't know that. I always thought it was the much more direct "Be My Vest", like he's singing to the dogs about his eventual making a vest out of them. But I haven't seen that episode in at least 15 years. The vest he's singing about is "made from real gorilla chest" its the very next line in the song COME ON
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Oct 6, 2017 16:38
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someone awful. posted:what, do they pronounce the L? weird More than that: some of them use a long "o" (so it's basically "soldier" without the "j" sound).
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Oct 6, 2017 17:05
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Besesoth posted:The thread title isn't an invitation to just make stuff up I'm gonna make poo poo up and there ain't squat you can do about it, buster. Uh, let's see ..... uh, 'muscles' were originally called 'mouse-cles' because when you flex it looks like there's little mice jumping around under your skin. Boy, were people surprised when the Dark Ages ended and they were finally allowed to dissect dead bodies and find out what was really in there! Many people think that the dungeons & dragons monsters called Kobolds are named after the mineral cobalt but it was actually the other way around. 'Noon' comes from the Latin word for 'nine' because it happens at the 9th hour of the day. But then someone decided to move it to 12 o'clock for some reason? 'Antarctic' means "No bears here!" because someone went and checked and there weren't any bears there.
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Oct 6, 2017 17:08
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:'Antarctic' means "No bears here!" because someone went and checked and there weren't any bears there. Arctic comes from the Greek arktos, bear, so that's uhh pretty close.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Uh, let's see ..... uh, 'muscles' were originally called 'mouse-cles' because when you flex it looks like there's little mice jumping around under your skin. Boy, were people surprised when the Dark Ages ended and they were finally allowed to dissect dead bodies and find out what was really in there! You, uh, you're actually right on this one. From Latin "musculus", "little mouse", because some muscles look like mice moving around when you flex them (or at least did to ancient Romans).
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Oct 6, 2017 17:21
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The cobalt thing is true too. Face it guys, he got us.
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Oct 6, 2017 17:30
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You dumb mother fuckers
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Oh come on, at least put some effort into your fakeposts Maybe fake for you
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Oct 6, 2017 17:36
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Weembles posted:The cobalt thing is true too. I'll be damned.
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Oct 6, 2017 18:23
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It took until I was 30 (i.e. a couple years ago) to understand what "lefty loosy, righty tighty" meant. I guess moving a wrench in a circular motion messed with my sense of perspective in terms of right and left, but once I learned to frame it with From-12-o-Clock, it finally clicked. I work in a factory ffs, where you can't go 10 minutes without screwing/unscrewing something! (not to mention decades of experience...um...turning stuff)
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Oct 6, 2017 22:12
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Keigel posted:It took until I was 30 (i.e. a couple years ago) to understand what "lefty loosy, righty tighty" meant. I guess moving a wrench in a circular motion messed with my sense of perspective in terms of right and left, but once I learned to frame it with From-12-o-Clock, it finally clicked. I still think it's a bad mnemonic. Clockwise is 'right' just as much as counterclockwise is. e: Yes, measured from 12 o'clock it makes some sense.
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Oct 6, 2017 22:25
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Besesoth posted:b) some Brits get REALLY salty about the US pronunciation. This is me, and aluminium is an issue too, but at least you spell it differently I think
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starkebn posted:This is me, and aluminium is an issue too, but at least you spell it differently I think Americans use the original spelling. https://www.thoughtco.com/aluminum-or-aluminium-3980635
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Oct 7, 2017 00:12
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Randaconda posted:Americans use the original spelling.
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Oct 7, 2017 00:31
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The way I learnt it growing up is better than your way
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Oct 7, 2017 00:46
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Olive! posted:I still think it's a bad mnemonic. Clockwise is 'right' just as much as counterclockwise is. By the time you do it regularly you just know by spatial instinct of if your spatial instinct is broke you can use the Right Hand Rule wherever you can literally/figuratively stick/imagine your hand
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Oct 7, 2017 00:48
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someone awful. posted:what, do they pronounce the L? weird We pronounce it so it rhymes with the similarly spelt "holder". What would be weird would be pronouncing it totally differently to other words with the same structure.... Such as ignoring the L...
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Weembles posted:The cobalt thing is true too. I mentioned this elsewhere and got another cool element name etymology in response: nickel is named for the Devil! It's from Kupfernickel, "the Devil's copper", a compound so named because it looks like silver but is "just" copper plus "impurities" (that turned out to be elemental nickel).
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I looked it up from curiosity and apparently the American English pronunciation is the older one (happens a lot with Am.E actually), so that's interesting
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starkebn posted:The way I learned it growing up is better than your way
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purple death ray posted:The vest he's singing about is "made from real gorilla chest" its the very next line in the song COME ON Lol I watched it on YouTube immediately after I posted that and saw how wrong I was.
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Oct 7, 2017 05:38
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The  smiley is holding its hands on the sides of its head. Those are its forearms, not floppy ears.No I do not know Pokemon that well, why do you ask?
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iajanus posted:We pronounce it so it rhymes with the similarly spelt "holder". Yeah, because English is so consistent in every other way when it comes to pronunciation.
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zedprime posted:Its a good enough intro for the amount of screwing 95% of the population does which is generally done looking at it from the front and matches to say turning left and right with a car wheel.
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Oct 7, 2017 12:29
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So, this is a head slapping moment for me, but in the show Friday Night Lights, the title refers to the lighting for football games.
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Scaramouche posted:Yeah, because English is so consistent in every other way when it comes to pronunciation. Be fair, the fact that English has lots of weird-assed pronunciation/spelling mismatches doesn't mean that this one is not weird. Though I think my favourite is the surname "Featherstonehaugh", pronounced "Fan-shaw". One can't help but think it's principal reason for existing is to serve as some kind of classist shibboleth.
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Cuntellectual posted:The this is canon now. good job
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Oct 7, 2017 21:49
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smilie is the head and neck of Quagmire from Family Guy, not a Mr. Potato head with two red shoes and no arms, a big moustache, and goatee.
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purple death ray posted:You dumb mother fuckers excellent alternative thread title
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The_White_Crane posted:Be fair, the fact that English has lots of weird-assed pronunciation/spelling mismatches doesn't mean that this one is not weird. Yeah, family / town / location name pronunciations like that are the exact definition of shibboleth
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