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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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| Subject: The, "I have a question," thread Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:06 pm | |
| Why can you be extinguished and distinguished but you can't be tinguished? _________________ |
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Fangirl Three
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:25 pm | |
| The Latin words that they derive from are ex-stinguo and di-stinguo, so if there was an English word derived from the root it would be stinguished, not tinguished.
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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:30 pm | |
| Thank you, Fangirl. _________________ |
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Nightjar
Posts : 104142 Karma : 848 Join date : 2018-05-05
| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:20 am | |
| Why can you be expunged and impinged but you can't be umpenguished? _________________ OK, I'm an old shoe
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Fangirl Three
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sat Dec 22, 2018 5:32 am | |
| Despite their surface resemblance, expunge and impinge come from different roots.
expunge < expungere < ex-pungere, to delete something by pricking holes through the paper/parchment (pungere = to pr1ck)
impinge < impingere < im-pangere, to drive into (pangere=to fix or drive)
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Nightjar
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:53 am | |
| OK, what about the word "gormless"?
If you're especially sharp, intelligent and on-the-ball does it mean you're replete with "gorm"? _________________ OK, I'm an old shoe
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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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Fangirl Three
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:08 am | |
| - Nightjar wrote:
- If you're especially sharp, intelligent and on-the-ball does it mean you're replete with "gorm"?
More or less. There was a dead word 'gom' or 'gome' which meant 'attention, notice, care'. The last citation in mainstream English is from 1410. 'gom' went out of use but 'gormless' survived. It survives in dialects as 'gaum' or 'gawm'. |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:12 pm | |
| Did James Brown and George Clinton ever meet?
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flibbington2.0
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:37 pm | |
| When did onions change? As a fliblet I'd always tear up when chopping an onion. Hasn't happened in at least a decade. Was the teary eye element modified out of them? |
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Butterfield
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:42 pm | |
| Or maybe you've become immune to them. |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Sat Jun 15, 2019 2:09 pm | |
| Do Steam ever have holiday specials/money off vouchers?
I think I want to buy a game, but £6.99 looks a bit pricey. |
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Nightjar
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:16 pm | |
| When was the last time anyone saw red spider mites? _________________ OK, I'm an old shoe
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:18 pm | |
| A couple of days ago. They seem to like my front door. |
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Nightjar
Posts : 104142 Karma : 848 Join date : 2018-05-05
| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:20 pm | |
| I don't think I've seen any since I was a small. _________________ OK, I'm an old shoe
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Butterfield
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:35 pm | |
| I remember there being millions of them in an area by the playground at my primary school. Funnily enough, I saw some on some rocks whilst I was in Dorset last week. I think I've seen one or two in my bedroom over the years, usually going around the ceiling. |
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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:58 pm | |
| I've not seen any in years. _________________ |
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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:58 pm | |
| And I've not seen a harvestman or an earwig since I was at school. _________________ |
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Butterfield
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:12 pm | |
| I saw an earwig the other day, there's often one around the green (garden waste) wheelie bin. |
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Butterfield
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| Subject: Re: The, "I have a question," thread Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:12 pm | |
| I saw a harvestman last year in Northumberland. It was on my bed. |
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