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Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Omni - 09-04-2013
Don't you start, Canadian. Do americans say 'huvver' too?
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Magus - 09-04-2013
I'd imagine. 'Hoh-ver.' It's just hilarious!
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Ganondorf - 09-04-2013
Yes. Sounds like lover, though you might say that differently as well. Similarly to mother, mayhaps?
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Omni - 09-04-2013
Man, do you guys just spend all your time thinking of ways to break the English language, or something? Is there a government office for that?
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Magus - 09-04-2013
Nyahaha. 'Hover' should rhyme with 'lover!' Look at the words! LOOK AT THEM!
LOOK INTO YOUR HEART, YOUNG... Omni...walker... YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!!
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Omni - 10-18-2013
I'm bumping this topic to ask:
Since when the fuck is the H in historic and herb silent?
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - PepsiWhirda - 10-18-2013
Since pterodactyls started developing their own language.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Ganondorf - 10-18-2013
I use the h in historic. Like his story. I always found it wierd as a child that herb had a silent h, but then again... Knife has a silent k, knight has a full three silent letters, etc.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - MDGEIST - 10-18-2013
I had a professor that refused to refer to the subject she taught as history because of the patriarchy.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Proto Man - 10-18-2013
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There is no silent H in history as far as I/the dictionary know it.
I think herb is more dependent on how british you are?
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Omni - 10-18-2013
Alright, well ... you guys are alright ... this time. But don't think I'm not watching you crafty kids.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Kenpachi Zaraki - 10-26-2013
Nanoha Takamachi Wrote:We call them that too. The 'boot' of a car.
I dunno, probably has some old English or latin origin I suppose.
Evidently it's called a trunk because the similar part of the horse-drawn carriage used for storage was also where the driver would brace his feet while driving (or so says the internet). I think the American 'trunk' just came about because it's used to store things, like a regular luggagy trunk.
Next we're going to discuss why in America 'fanny' means buttocks and in the UK it means something else entirely. Go!
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Omni - 10-26-2013
So that British people can laugh whenever Americans use the term 'fanny pack'.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Kenpachi Zaraki - 10-26-2013
I think "bum bag" is equally funny.
Re: The Catch-All Term for Myself and Greg - Ganondorf - 10-26-2013
Heh... Bum bag.
It's like they know that the homeless are the primary users of the device. Also, it goes over one's bum.