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Anonymous Tue Jan 10 20:34:49 2017 No.8957990 [Reply] [Original]

Why do you not study etymology?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 20:37:34 2017 No.8958002 File: 440 KB, 1280x720, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8957990 >implying I don't Pic related

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 20:42:46 2017 No.8958024 >dude this word came from that word and this place Wow, what wonderfully useful knowledge!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 20:47:59 2017 No.8958052 >>8958024 Pleb

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 21:24:00 2017 No.8958207 don't need to. i have a god-given gift for it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 10 21:29:43 2017 No.8958235 >>8958024 spot the monolingual.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 01:05:24 2017 No.8958937 >>8958024 it makes it easy to find out word meanings in other languages, it makes english easier because you can decipher the meaning of words by knowing the origin of the segments. plus it's interesting and you're a complete pleb

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 06:10:15 2017 No.8959463 >>8957990 I love reading about word origins and language evolution. What's a good intro book for this?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 06:22:08 2017 No.8959485 >>8957990 It's boring

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 08:46:53 2017 No.8959777 >>8957990 I've been doing it since before I knew what it was.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 08:51:09 2017 No.8959790 >>8958024 >>8959485 LEAVE MY BOARD NOW

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 08:53:04 2017 No.8959797 >>8959463 I don't know. After reading Cratylus, though, I'm hooked. I'd love to get some book recommendations on etymology.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 09:07:02 2017 No.8959819 >>8959463 The Etymologicon

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 09:08:31 2017 No.8959822 >>8959819 Thanks anon

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 10:16:00 2017 No.8959945 why would i want to study bugs? you think i'm some sort of faggot or somethin'?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 10:26:12 2017 No.8959963 >>8959945 >you think i'm some sort of faggot or somethin'? most likely you are

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 10:30:21 2017 No.8959971 >>8958024 Hey man, but it's really funny. Although, you can guess word's meanings with their lingüistic roots.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 10:58:33 2017 No.8960049 >etymology that's extremely autistic and useless, but i respect your choice of studying such an autistic and impractical subject because i'm also autistic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:05:04 2017 No.8960071 >>8960049 If taking interest in something that really doesn't serve a profitable use in your life is autistic then every single person on earth is autistic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:13:10 2017 No.8960093 >>8960071 it is autistic because it is impractical

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:15:59 2017 No.8960104 >>8960093 So is drining at a bar with friends. So is watching sports. So is shopping for clothes you don't need. Everything not a necessity to life, every luxury is impractical if that is how you choose to view it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 11:19:11 2017 No.8960112 >>8960104 Well you convinced me sir, I was wrong, you won the argument great job.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 11 12:35:40 2017 No.8960344 I do it as a hobbie. All my friends ask me the meaning of words they don't know. Most of the time, I can give a fairly correct answer.