MonkeyFunk
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Tue Oct-09-07 01:27 PM
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Interesting etymological thingie.... |
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Carbon is to carbuncle as anthracite is to anthrax.
It's true!
Discuss.
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Tue Oct-09-07 01:45 PM
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1. interesting. Did you know that "venom" is from "Venus" and was originally a love potion? |
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makes sense.
Also, that a group of cats is a "clowder" which is from the same root as "clot" (as in blood clot).
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Tue Oct-09-07 01:49 PM
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2. I did not know that... |
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For some reason, I keep thinking of "cat chowder".
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Tue Oct-09-07 02:01 PM
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Tue Oct-09-07 02:13 PM
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4. And a group of crows is called a "murder". |
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The English language is amazing sometimes...
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Tue Oct-09-07 02:25 PM
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Window openings were once called eaves.
A person who listened to conversations outside eaves of a house = eavesdropper
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