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The fact that some people can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bugs me in ways I can't put into words. (self.dadjokes)

submitted 9 months ago by retrolasered to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Etymology is not just the meaning of words but their history. How they were coined and what they meant at different times in the past.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I always wondered how hardcore etymologists (?) feel watching certain history shows or sci-fi knowing that there's no way they could be using certain words or phrases.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I assume it's roughly the same feeling programmers get when some TV character "creates a GUI interface using visual basic to track the killer's IP address."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I'm an IT dude (part software dev, part network admin) and I like etymology. Can confirm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

smashes two keyboards at once, causing green-on-black HTML code to appear in the reflection in sunglasses

I’m in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Depends. A show taking place in the 80s where the kids are saying "poggers" and "rizz" would be pretty jarring.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

you have to have some yarbels to get me gulliver to watch 80s baffoonery.