The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread V

[holy king]

hwo about "computer"?

 

[Mowque]

Why does my cough become worse during the night?

I was sick over the weekend, lost my voice, had a cough, etc... but during the nighttime my cough gets 1,000x's worse and it also becomes painful.

Maybe because your laying down? I know my nose always gets stuffed up as soon as i lay down.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

This kind of words are some of the most un-English you're likely to find...

All English words have roots in other languages. But how do you think they spread?

 

[Cutlass]

You must be joking.

Tele -> Greek for "far away", "not close", loaned into English
Phonos -> Greek for "sound" loaned into English
Vision -> Latin for "vision", loaned into English
Radio -> from Latin "radius" (ray, spoke of a wheel), loaned into English
Auto -> Greek for "self", loaned into English
Mobil- -> Latin for "mobile"

This kind of words are some of the most un-English you're likely to find...

But who put them together in their modern form? And as I said, it's a bastard language. It evolves all the time, but also steals shamelessly.

 

[Mirc]

But who put them together in their modern form? And as I said, it's a bastard language. It evolves all the time, but also steals shamelessly.

Heh, that's not gonna work. Let's see who built the modern form of the word:

- telephone -> French
- television -> French
- radio -> English
- automobile -> French

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

But who is responsible for the word entering the Spanish language?

 

[Mirc]

The international scientific community. I find it weird to claim that it's English who deserves the credit for Latin root words that were formed by French and are present in the forms that Cutlass described, in Spanish.

I should also clarify that while radio is indeed an English abbreviation, the original word, radiophone, is also French, like the other ones mentioned.

 

[holy king]

french is just bastardized latin.

 

[Mirc]

french is just bastardized latin.

Of course, definitely, but that's not the point here, or at least not mine (since Spanish is too, actually, just a different version of a bastardization of Latin).

Oh and... missed this:

But who put them together in their modern form? And as I said, it's a bastard language. It evolves all the time, but also steals shamelessly.

I don't believe languages can steal. IMO a language "stealing" from another language is simply a language being enriched (hey, I accidentally used the word "language" and its plural form 4 times in this last part of my post!).

 

[Brighteye]

Coughs can get worse at night for various reasons, but my favourite is that you have higher CO2 levels at night, and that stimulates the receptors in the airway more.

 

[Ulyaoth]

I'm a huge supporter of English as a language, and I still admit it just takes from every other language, that's its strength and versatility.


Why do I always get a runny nose when I put my contacts on or take them out?

 

[Rossiya]

I'm a huge supporter of English as a language, and I still admit it just takes from every other language, that's its strength and versatility.


Why do I always get a runny nose when I put my contacts on or take them out?

Give me a language that does not take from every other language.

 

[King of Town]

Do all women love vampire stuff?

I've dated more than one that has a thing for them, now the one I am with has been reading anything with vampires ever since twilight.

 

[Mise]

I have a dilemma! Should I go to a gig with my friend and be sociable, or go by myself and probably enjoy myself a lot more‽‽‽‽‽‽‽‽

 

[Phlegmak]

Scenario: A Buddhist family. One of them dies.

Question: Is it normal for surviving family members to play sad depressing music for months after the loved one has died? As part of the act of mourning, or anything else?

 

[Phlegmak]

Do all women love vampire stuff?

No.

Why do I always get a runny nose when I put my contacts on or take them out?

Your tear duct is connected to your nose. When liquids go into your tear duct (artificial tears, real tears), then it gets into your nose.

 

[Phlegmak]

You must be joking.

Tele -> Greek for "far away", "not close", loaned into English
Phonos -> Greek for "sound" loaned into English
Vision -> Latin for "vision", loaned into English
Radio -> from Latin "radius" (ray, spoke of a wheel), loaned into English
Auto -> Greek for "self", loaned into English
Mobil- -> Latin for "mobile"

This kind of words are some of the most un-English you're likely to find...

Not particularly directed at Mirc:

The word most commonly used to describe a language using a word from another language: "borrowed".

 

[Mowque]

Is JerichoHill's name a Biblical reference or a very subtle Dark Tower homage?

 

[Rossiya]

Not particularly directed at Mirc:

The word most commonly used to describe a language using a word from another language: "borrowed".

I am most accustomed to the term "loan"

 

[Dachs]

Not particularly directed at Mirc:

The word most commonly used to describe a language using a word from another language: "borrowed".

Actually, I think the term 'loan-word' is more common.