@bricklove - Lemmy Staphup

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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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bricklove@midwest.socialtoToday I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•TIL about False cognates, pairs of words [with] similar sounds and meaning, but different etymologies; "For example, the English word dog and the Mbabaram word dog"
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8 months ago
Ass as in donkey and ass as in butt have different etymologies. The donkey one likely comes from Latin asinus and the butt one is from dropping the r in arse, which comes from the PIE root *ors- meaning butt/backside

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bricklove@midwest.socialtoasklemmy@lemmy.ml•Are you replacing Reddit with Lenny?
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2 years ago
So long, dental plan!

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bricklove@midwest.socialtoasklemmy@lemmy.ml•Lemmy, who are your favorite small-time content creators?
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2 years ago
Damn, he’s got a lot of equipment though. I was hoping I could just setup a jig with 2x4s and melt sand with a blowtorch

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