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If you don't agree, you're a bad etymologist.
FP edit. I am aware that English as a language is a mess, but it's also wonderful like that. English just has a certain... Je ne sais quoi.
woozle
Enceladus21
A real etymologist would recognize the evolution of meaning and syntax.
codenameRadical
Not incorrect. They're from those roots, but they're being modified /in English/. Following the rules of English is fine [eg. octopuses].
IllegalAlienFromOuterSpace
You could call it ... pro-homo
stouffer
Faasel524
Oh, be nice.
CandidGamera
But you have no problem with "sexuality" mixing a Latin root (sexus, sexualis) with an English noun-creating suffix (-ity)? Hypocrite.
stouffer
JoeMalmsteen
Idemphilia!!!!!! Take that!
phssthpok
A certain, je ne sais quoi, but I don't know what it is
stouffer
I don't know
twistysoup
Excellent edit
stouffer
twistysoup
Greyfox1990
PragmaticPrimate
Yea, the only romantic dwarf/elf ship allowed is the canonical Gimli/Legolas
PhenTsoksar
Je ne said What?
stouffer
Malloon
You people make me sick. People who mix speech and meta-speech that is. You mean "'Homosexuality' makes me sick.".
stouffer
Well, if you're going to be pedantic about it...
DewiMorgan
You're gonna hate this thing they call "Heterosexuality", then...
stouffer
DewiMorgan
And then there's ...asexuality! O.O Bigamy! Polyamory!!! Will the horrors never cease!?!?!?
Shaodyn
English as a language is beyond a mess. It's a horrible Frankenstein's monster made from pieces of a dozen languages.
Richardza
"I was asked to judge Mr gay UK. I said sure, he's wrong, he's against god and he is going to hell" - Jimmy Carr
stouffer
I like his one about Stonewall, a gay charity, not being able to find a cure no matter how much they raise.
nonickname23
3rdoption
What do bugs have to do with anything?
hijindc
That's entomology. You're thinking of oinology
3rdoption
The study of pigs? Oh, wait, that's oinkology.
stouffer
Mixing those two up bugs me beyond words.
DrunkBobRoss
We mix roots here.
AttilaTheHungover
Yeah, some of us like that.
stouffer
Just like Sepultura wanted <3
pizzapartyhard
Oh, so you’re fine with homophobia then?
stouffer
ReginaKasteen
How do you feel about hexadecimal?
houpbajoup
She was kinda hot but she was no Tony Jay
stouffer
I don't think we should be putting hexes on anyone.
GuestChrist
I just commented on a post and mentioned why "octopi" is incorrect but phalluses and phallii are both correct.
stouffer
...and you've just done it again!
EccentricNut
Don't even get me started on polyamory
nonickname23
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
All amory should be stored in a single location an Amory Monoarmory, if you will
CosplayComet
Man, homosapiens make me sick!!
AllMaktAtTengilVarBefriare
Standing on two legs and using tools, disgusting!
PostMoThoin
Don't be a homonophone
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
The hyperactive dysfunction of English must make @op feel like a sociopath that wants electrocution or to drink a bottle of chloroform
stouffer
Fucking hell, that is clever! I am in awe!
stouffer
Also, I should have said, chloroform makes me sick too!
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
Makes me sleepy
iSellTeenyTinyFrogGreenBabyCoffins
I assume *
SpiteLip
how do you feel about octopi vs octopodes?
plantbbgraves
I’m team octopuses.
stouffer
I've never played it. Is it a bit like Super Smash Bros?
plantbbgraves
I think it’s more like Plants vs. Zombies
Flyinglasagnamonster
Idemsexphobic is kinda difficult to say
WoTLert
It's difficult to swallow as well, so that tracks
a2s2020
You'll choke on those words!
legitGiraffeBandit
Just say it with a southern accent, makes it easy y'all. Ay Dem seggs ah foe big
stouffer
https://i.imgur.com/w9MSbZt
plantbbgraves
We don’t say “homosexaphobic.” Would it not be idemphobic?
pixelsnader
You them sexphobics?
pjm82
This. This is the real reason we say it the way we do
ThatRaccoonGuy
It's ADAM AND EVE not IDEM AND EVE
Fuzzbob
Had me in the first half.
2graves
Homo?
YesmynameisGreg
The Greek half?
stouffer
"Had" me.
YesmynameisGreg
stouffer
You. Yeah you. I like you. (they were out of lettuce, though. Sorry)
YesmynameisGreg
Hahah. I did enjoy that we had two separate threads going. You definitely seem like good people.
TheExpensiveBikeRide
Not gonna lie
stouffer
...except to your partner about how much that bike cost, it would appear...
TheExpensiveBikeRide
Shhh…she don’t need to know…
HandoB4Javert
Fraptor
Nice Favorites.
Fuzzbob
ThatRaccoonGuy
Don't even get me started on every schmuck who thinks that Hercules is the son of Zeus. He's the son of Jupiter!
GermanShepherdGuy
Ever see Hercules’s wardrobe, he was hella gay!! Loved the cartoon.
LoopStricken
Heracles?
SomethingOtherThanMyRealName
I hear he put the glad in gladiator.
RadiDaddy
He could tell “What’s a Grecian earn?”
CptRobotNinja
Could I get you to give a call to Marvel comics and let them know this?
Alenelvans
Yeah! The son of Zeus was that totally other, definitely separate, not at all the same Heracles guy!
WhoToldYouLifeWasFair
Ever notice that nearly every culture has a 'Son Of God' character, in order to personify a deity?
Corin
Some take it to another level and tie the royal line to the god mythology.
KuldFyt
Hexrowe
Greek mythology alone has LOADS (and only like half of them are Zeus's).
straikychan
Sure, but most polytheist pantheons like the Norse and the Greek pantheon have literal personified gods to begin with.
straikychan
Like in Norse mythology not only can the gods die, but they in fact will die, as in it's inevitable.
quzar
They really don't. It's a minority that do, and they typically don't fill a role of personifying the deity. Jesus Christ is one of the few >
quzar
>that does that. Typically gods have no issue merely manifesting themselves or being embodied/incarnated into an avatar.
glitchead
Boy oh boy wait until you find out Egyptian lore. But also, heracles never personified zeus. Geese did a better job than that. Its a reach.
TheJomsborgViking
Notice how that son has to face a difficult trial that ends up killing them, but in their martyrdom they get raised on high
Hexrowe
Yeah, a lot like how EVERY story has a beginning, a middle AND an end - it can't just be coincidence, there must be something to it!
Hexrowe
PS. And of course it can't be people riffing off of each other's work, either, it clearly points to a deeper truth buried in our subconcious
YesmynameisGreg
It's all Greek to me.
stouffer
You know what they say, all roads lead to Athens.
YesmynameisGreg
When in Athens.
stouffer
Laughing at the fact that could be an absurd proviso in the original. "All roads lead to Rome when in Rome." "Uh, yeah..."
YesmynameisGreg
But, when in Rome, don't all roads lead away from Rome?
Rhinta
If you're already in Rome all roads are still leading there.
stouffer
I wouldn't know, I've never been there.
Alenelvans
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_word well then this Wikipedia page should rustle every jimmy you’ve got
PragmaticPrimate
hybrid is just a fancy word for bastard
ThatRaccoonGuy
"Hybridisms were formerly often considered to be barbarisms.[1][2]" hahahaha
konmari
[JIMMIES RUSTLED ?]
cryborg
I have a feeling @OP likes to "rustle" Jimmy.
stouffer
stouffer
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Hubby and i are polyamorous. Does that rustle the jimmies?
SciencePetsComputers
Dyslexia. Latin slammed right in front of greek.
stouffer
I didn't know that. That's wonderful! It's like the gag, "whoever put the letter b in the word subtle deserves a pat on the back".
FloodingWaters
I can hear the b. It's.... um, low-key, but it's there.
BrdCdn
English, the language where the words are made up and the rules don't matter.