The, "I have a question," thread
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The, "I have a question," thread
Why can you be extinguished and distinguished but you can't be tinguished?
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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.
Re: The, "I have a question," thread
Why can you be expunged and impinged but you can't be umpenguished?
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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
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)
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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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
OK, what about the word "gormless"?
If you're especially sharp, intelligent and on-the-ball does it mean you're replete with "gorm"?
If you're especially sharp, intelligent and on-the-ball does it mean you're replete with "gorm"?
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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
Fangirl Three wrote:impinge < impingere < im-pangere, to drive into Pangea.
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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'.
Re: The, "I have a question," thread
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?
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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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
Or maybe you've become immune to them.
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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
Do Steam ever have holiday specials/money off vouchers?
I think I want to buy a game, but £6.99 looks a bit pricey.
I think I want to buy a game, but £6.99 looks a bit pricey.
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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
When was the last time anyone saw red spider mites?
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A couple of days ago. They seem to like my front door.
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I don't think I've seen any since I was a small.
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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
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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Re: The, "I have a question," thread
And I've not seen a harvestman or an earwig since I was at school.
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I saw an earwig the other day, there's often one around the green (garden waste) wheelie bin.
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I saw a harvestman last year in Northumberland. It was on my bed.
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