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dont think any of you know this but im actually a huge nerd for got, so heres a whole ass rant about the lannister family names and some headcanons to go with it<3
first of all, i dont think its a coincidence that jaime is called jaime. he was called jaime because it was (somewhat) alike to the name of his mother (joanna), just as he was. due to only one thing was it easy to distinguish him from his twin; his smile. his smile that would take over his every feature and the carefree laugh which would trickle down the halls and remind his father to smile every once in a while. he was fundamentally kind. he was nothing that tywin had expected (or even hoped) for him to be like. but he was his son, and the grumpy old man even began to appreciate the name after the loss of his wife.
now cersei. its not alike to tywin or joanna at all. and neither is she, despite her best attempts. shes different in every sense of the word, and while there may be a glimpse of tywins greed or joannas endless love for her children in her, she isnt either of them. later in life, she started to think that was less of a bad thing than she had initially thought it to be. she enjoyed being her own person. and with her natural predisposition to duplicity and dishonesty, it was only right that they give her a name that represents that in ways both good and bad. hence cersei, almost like “serpent”.
now for everyones favourite bookworm, the little monster himself. tyrion. joanna wasnt around (obviously) when his name was chosen. it was entirely tywin. and though he may have said that it was to continue the tradition of having one son whose name began with “ty-”, it was because by the time he was finally given a name (other than “monster” or “abomination”) tywin was seeing himself in his son, more so than he liked, but so much so that he couldnt deny the fact. he was intelligent even before he could walk. he had learned to read expressions whilst people gaped at him, and he used his newfound knowledge to his advantage, to manipulate or mock, whichever he decided on at the time. deep down, tywin had been proud when he first noticed it. however, it isnt hard to spot that, despite the common prefix, tyrion doesnt have the same “tie” inflection as that of his father or grandfather. they dont sound the same, because they dont look the same. tywin doesnt want him to forget that. he knows his son is smart, he knows hell catch on. he wants him to. he wants him to be aware of the disappointment that he is and brings to his father. so he isnt granted the “tie” sound or a name that really reflects who he is, that would perhaps be more like jaimes if joanna had lived.
#the nerd speaks#etymology i guess#lannisters#names#completely headcanonical only#this is all from my lil noggin and nowhere else#game of thrones#tywin lannister#tyrion lannister#jaime lannister#cersei lannister#joanna lannister
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okay OCTOPUSES AND OCTOPI ARE BOTH ACCEPTED ENGLISH PLURALS OF OCTOPUS like yes i knoooowww octopodes is the "correct" greek ending but NO ONE USES THAT please pleasies please like 🙏 all three are correct but like. people say octopuses or octopi waaaay more that octopodes like all three of those answers are correct.
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well at least the irony of annabeth consistently causing problems for percy's memory while being the only thing he remembered in son is great
#pjo#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson#annabeth chase#percabeth#wottg#first thoughts on wottg preview is that it's kinda boring tbh#but it's just a preview at the end of the day#also I think I can already guess what's going on#hecate is fucking with grover and annabeth's minds to make them act in somewhat believable way but in a way that seems a little off#not quite sure why she'd be doing that#tbh I think hana is connected with hecate#bc rick mentions the etymology of trivia which is three roads#and she talks about escher-esque staircases#which are essentially really confusing staircases#like a lot of paths#probably not though#dave and hana are just really off-putting
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struggling through latin (livy’s preface…if anyone is a classics person…) and while i was flipping through the dictionary in the back of my book i saw, delightfully, that there is a noun, faber, faberis, m., that means workman. much to consider…come into this space with me. ponder.
#etymologically destined to become the no.1 dman workhorse of the wild i guess!#brock faber#minnesota wild#hannah rambles
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whatever about the quack nonsense that doesn't work and the whole occasionally-straight-up-killing-people-by-severing-arteries-in-their-necks, the real reason chiropractors should be banned is that they use "chiropractic" as a noun, when it should obviously be an adjective.
#'praxis' is the noun form of 'practic(al)'#alternatively 'practice' comes from the same root#you could even get away with 'chiropractics'#but 'chiropractic' as a noun is just irritating#i guess it figures guys inventing a pseudoscience who don't know anything about medicine or the human body#also don't know anything about grammar or etymology
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"Bottoms up" is such a delightful phrase. Add it to the list of my favourite words/phrases like "foot-soldier". Send post.
#the bard of light rants#etymology#i mean i guess#lol what do i tag this as#the bard of light going insane out of context#favourite words#lol when did i use THAT tag#edit: apparently it was from the “foot-soldier” post from forever ago LOL
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Tim: hey why is the saying “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” when that’s what led to the fall of Troy? Should the saying be “look a gift horse in the mouth”?
Jason: Uhh good question, why ISN’T it “look a gift horse in the mouth”?
Babs: it actually has nothing to do with Troy. The etymology behind “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” actually refers to how you can tell a horse’s age by it’s teeth, and therefore how valuable it is. So, if you got a horse as a gift and then looked at its teeth to see how old it is, it’d be the same as getting, say, a watch or necklace, and asking how much the person paid for it
Damian: t-t I would much rather have the horse
#dc#dc comics#tim drake#jason todd#barbara gordon#damian wayne#batfam incorrect quotes#variations of this went: Tim— don’t look a gift horse in the mouth? I don’t think so— I know what killed the Trojans#and then Babs giving the etymology#etymology#don’t look a gift horse in the mouth#not about the Trojan horse apparently#trojan horse#I genuinely thought the saying was about the Trojan horse#but then I looked up the etymology today#I guess you learn something new everyday#also would Jason know that?#maybe maybe not#but Babs probably would especially since she works at a library#etemology is something tired high school or college students would go to a library about because they didn’t want to put in the work to find#a referenccable source to use in whatever paper they’re writing#also I never use Babs when I make these little quote things#and I think she deserves some recognition#do I think every librarian or library worker knows etemology for anything off the top of their head?#no obviously not#but idk it just seems like something Babs might have picked up at one point#also idk how well known the etymology behind that saying is or how many people ALSO thought it was a Trojan horse thing like me#another point— is Babs a librarian or just a library worker? ‘cause those are different#you gotta have some serious qualifications to be an actual librarian#which I don’t doubt Babs could have but did she ever bother with it?
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Me, being hit with a late night brainwave: -I know for sure that the N1 protag has a canon name, I know I saw it from one of the concept/teaser/release trailers, but I can't figure out where! I've already combed through in from the official channel and I can't find it! I know his name is perpetually blank in Extinction cause it's a completely different game (and devs just leaving it up to interpretation), of course he's the nameless hero cause he's never mentioned by name in his own game too (though it's extra funny that the Micromon protag had their name mentioned more than five times), but still! I know I don't want to look for the official Discord channel to get it from the big man himself, but I know it exists, believe me!!
#small rant post#long tags#nexomon#nexomon spoilers#nexomon extinction#nexomon extinction spoilers#if anyone's willing to go down the rabbit hole as well go right ahead#or just see if JV's up to solving this case that the wiki couldn't do#still up to other people's names too. they're neat#but yes that why the Ghost of Nexomon Past is named Keith in my fic#I just remember stumbling on it a few years past and the memory hit me a couple days ago :')#*Also me figuring Metta's “canon” name is James/Nate*: And why is that the one fact I completely ignored when I “knew” the protag's name?#I thought his fake name was Nexo cause it's funny (and fits a bit story and/or etymology-wise)#Oh well guess the fandom is just like that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Lexember 2024 - Day 16
Yðaeddar /ɪða͜ɪdːar/
verb
Etymology: yðä (behind) + aeddar (to watch)
This word means "to predict" or "to foretell." A fun aspect of its etymology is the display of the Kolic spatial metaphors for time.
Unlike English, Kolic uses a sight-based metaphor for time. What's before you is what you can see, just like the past, and what's behind you is what you can't see, just like the future. That's why Kolic uses the postessive (-yðä) for the temporal "before" and the antessive (-va / -vä) for the temporal "after":
They left before I arrived - Aeru eir äntannän aerayðä gär jätannän.
I held her after she fell - Aera gär tíragja tufnava ár.
Example sentence with yðaeddar:
"Aeruga ir gyðän äëriei kú yðaeddän?" - Has what you predicted happened? /a͜ɪrəɣɑ ɪr gɪːðan ɛ͜ɪrɪʔɪ͜i kʏː ɪða͜ɪdːan/ lit. Has it come what you predicted? gloss: be-N=Q it come-ABL be-M=what you predict-ABL)
#''I'll try to be consistent'' she said#and then went radio silent for over a week#sorrgy#but here. Have a word#I was originally going to do ''guess'' which is why I made this one (for its etymology) but i didn't have much to say about it#conlang#constructed language#kolic#kvils kólän#langblr#conlangblr#lexicon#vocabulary#lexember#lexember 2024#conlanging
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turning off rbs bc i explained this poorly u can stop voting on it
i forgot to add an option for other so just like. pick whichever one u think is closest (or the results option if u really cant decide)
feel free to elaborate on your opinion if u would like. i am Curious i want to know everyones thoughts
#hi its almost 5am#i do have a preference. btw#funny how we use the suffix -taur for other animal variations of centaurs when thats. referring to the animal half not the human half#so it really should be cen[animal]. its like if u had something like Werewolf But Bird & called it a birdwolf instead of a werebird#(using that example specifically bc i have werebird ocs lmao)#correct me if im wrong btw but im pretty sure thats how the etymology works out#like idk what cen actually means. but id guess probably something along the lines of human or person#bc taur has to come from like. tauros/taurus right?? which is bull not horse but close enough theyre both ungulates#edit: ok i was half wrong . why does the name refer to the thing it kills instead of the thing itself
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Alright I know I made a whole impassioned speech about the gorgeous symbolism in Milligan's name and everything last night.
But.
Mr. Stewart. Sir. My good man. Author of one of my favorite series of all time and all around creative genius. As much as I absolutely adore your books.
What was going through your head with your naming system???
Some of them make complete and total sense, and some of them are just odd in the most weirdly intriguing way? I respect the decision on all of them because they fit the characters amazingly (for the most part), but, on occasion??
Therefore, I am going to rank all of the names from the main people in no particular order, according to my own research and slightly goofy reasoning.
S. Q. Pedalian - Exquisite character. But his name is a pun?? And it's an ironic pun, because "sesquipedalian" means to have a lot of syllables or use long words, which S. Q. continually struggles with!!!
7/10 Sad, and a little bit funny, but all in all clever and a really unique name for a sweet boy. Very calm and soft colors and connected to a very curly and gangly word that fits him quite well. I think he would really like using the word that is his namesake, whether he knows it or not.
Constance Contraire - "Constance" is, of course, a name meaning "constant" or "steadfast". "Contraire" is just an actual French word that means "opposite", which is an amazing summarization of her personality.
10/10 Hysterical and one hundred percent accurate, and it is alliterative! Very poetic. The "ire" at the end feels very defiant and Constance-y, not to mention that "Ire" as a word means "anger".
George "Sticky" Washington - "George" means "farmer" or "someone who works the earth", while "Washington" likely means "home of the Wassa people", and can be attributed to a place in England. Now, the very obvious connection is to George Washington the historical figure, who is likely someone Sticky looks up to, and also had a lot of pressure on him, there is something to be said about the metaphorical meanings of "home" and "settling" in conjunction with "farmer" (someone who works hard to grow).
8/10 Not as much fun in the meaning, but still a solid and green/blue cool colored name. It feels like a particularly friendly frog with sticky frog skin.
Kate Wetherall - "Kate" is short for "Katherine", which means "pure" ("Caitlin" is also a form of "Katherine"). I've talked about "Wetherall" being a play on "Weather all", but it is just so spectacular I had to go over it again. There are not a lot of credible sources, and while one mentioned that it might mean "place where wether sheep are kept" (wethers are male castrated sheep), I am much more inclined to think that it is made up, as it makes more sense.
7/10 Still love the way it communicates her independence and how hard she works, and the "pure" part is a nice association to her and Milligan's relationship with water (and the both of them being strong swimmers). Her last name also feels very windmill-y and helter-skelter energetic, like her.
Reynard Muldoon - "Reynard" is from a Germanic name meaning "strong in council", which is beautiful and poetic and just the best name for the one who tends to guide the group and continually falls back on them for reassurance. "Muldoon" is just one of those old Gaelic kind of names that means "descendant of whoever".
9/10 Lovely hidden meaning, and even more so when you consider that the only person to purposefully continue calling him that is Curtain. Really soothing colors, warm browns and more reddy colors, soft like a sweater.
Jackson & Jillson - I don't know their last names, so they get put together. First off, "son" as a name suffix literally means "son of". Some people say "Jack" is a form of "John", meaning "God is gracious", but there are one or two other theories. "Jillson" is a name of dubious realness, as I can't find a lot about it. Some sources (very, very few) say it might mean "Son of Juliana/Gills", but it is highly unclear. "Jill" by itself means "youthful", so the "son" suffix doesn't make much sense there either.
10/10 Even though they don't really make any sense, the "Jack and Jill" theme is evident and they both feel suitably pointy to be executives. Wonderfully silly and yet sharing the facade of trying to be Serious and Official.
Martina Crowe - "Martina" is a name derived from Mars, the Roman god of war, and "Crowe" is to do with the bird, and can be used for someone with black hair. It is also possible that "Crowe" means "hound of destruction", but either way it works with her aggressive and competitive spirit.
10/10 Perfectly fits her, black hair, need to dominate and all. It is a sophisticated sounding name, and comes across as authoritative. It is also prickly, and you can feel the prioritization of winning over social graces.
Milligan - Not really a name, but has the inherent meaning of his promise to take Kate to the "mill again" and is therefore a great name full of the most heartbreaking and incredible symbolism.
∞/10 I can't describe how well this name works in every conceivable way.
Number Two/Pencilla - Despite both of them being hints at her pencil-like appearance, I really like all of the love you can see in "Number Two". Her decision to go by her code name is initially out of her dislike of her legal name, but it is also a reference to her being Mr. Benedict's second in command (and possibly to the fact that she was the second person to join his organization, depending on when Milligan arrived).
10/10 A terrific way to show her commitment to her work, and, in a similar way to Milligan, how her name changes to be what those who love her call her.
Rhonda Kazembe - "Rhonda" can either mean "good spear" or "noisy", depending on who you believe. "Kazembe" is the name of a traditional kingdom in Zambia, from what I could find. This has very little to do with her personality, but it sounds really pretty and is distracting, which I think may have been the point. Similar to her appearance when she was initially introduced to the kids, her name is unusual and draws attention to her (which is why I included "noisy" as a meaning), and it aids in her misdirection.
8/10 Not a lot of symbolic meaning, but I very much love how it sounds, her first name is full of nice round sounds and warm smiles, and her last name reminds me of the fun patterns on her clothes.
Dipika Perumal - "Dipika" means "light", and "Perumal" means "great one". While "Perumal" 's meaning is in reference to a version of the Hindu god Vishnu, in a literal sense it is quite accurate. Miss Perumal is a great light in Reynie's life, and in the lives of the others she meets. She is a guide and a kind but truthful source of advice.
9/10 It sounds like tea being poured into a cup. A lovely name that describes her in an intimately accurate way, as well as her surname being in Tamil.
Nicholas Benedict - "Nicholas" means "victory of the people", and "Benedict" means "the blessed one", both of which are in line with his personality. He is fighting for the people of the world, and while he may not consider himself blessed, he is certainly a blessing and a benevolent figure to others.
9/10 Extremely comforting name, fits him and his intentions amazingly. It has just the right amount of whimsy while still being grounding and secure.
Nathaniel Benedict/Ledroptha Curtain - "Nathaniel" means "gift of God", and with the surname "Benedict", it is easy to see how this applies to him. He definitely believes that he is a blessing, God's gift to the world. "Ledroptha Curtain" is a whole other story. Either it seems to be his real, actual name and some crazy people named him that, or maybe he made it his legal name (the books), or he definitely made it his name, for some weird reason (the show).
5/10 I'm really pleased with whoever made the decision to make his name "Nathaniel" for the show, but I just can't condone the stupid pun that he never uses!! What was he going to use it for?? He basically never interacts with a curtain, especially because his master plan isn't really physical!!
We're including Garrison and Crawlings because I feel like they're sort of each other's counterparts? Seeing as one is show-only and the other is book-only.
Dr. Garrison - "Garrison" can be both a name and a real word, and both mean "fortress" or "stronghold". And while Garrison may be considered a stronghold of secrets, she also hides herself in many strongholds, first on the island and then in the rootcellar.
7/10 Very thematic, but I wish we had learned her first name. I feel like it could have been just a little more creative and well-fitting.
Crawlings - That's just his name. There isn't really a way to find meaning in it, especially as it's only one word. I suppose it conveys a creeping, spooky, unsettling feeling, but he just sounds odd.
?/10 I don't really know what to do with him.
And, lastly, because I felt bad for leaving him out:
Jeffers - It means "Son of Jeffery", which, in turn, means "peace" or "God's pledge". Now, this does not really refer to his personality, because he is never at peace, poor man. It may refer to his goal to keep the peace, sort of?
7/10 Just a good goon name.
#just so you know#these rankings are absolute nonsense#i just picked random numbers for the most part because i knew if i gave them all 10/10 i would be revealed as a hack#goodness me#though#this really got away from me#sorry everyone#i hope you enjoyed#i guess#or that you at least learned something#i really love looking into name etymologies and thinking about what they say about a person#again#my apologies for an extremely long post#mbs#the mysterious benedict society#sq pedalian#constance contraire#sticky washington#reynie muldoon#kate wetherall#milligan wetherall#martina crowe#jackson and jillson#number two#rhonda kazembe#miss perumal#dipika perumal#mr. benedict#nicholas benedict#mr. curtain
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I just reffered to bumping into the corner of something as "clipping into it" which by every intuition is a term from video games but in trying to find its etymology I can't even seem to find the definition anywhere
pre-posting edit: okay the connection seems to be:
cutting off part of something
drawing only part of a sprite
testing where/if two polygons intersect
collision resolution in general
NoClip mode
"It looks like it has noclip on" -> "It's clipping"
objects having incorrect collision
rare/edge case collisions, i.e. bumping into corners
bumping into corners (in real life)
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Today I learnt my new favorite Russian word «достопримечательность» which to my understanding means landmark? Or like something that you have to see when you visit a place and I just love how it rolls off your tongue. Then it let me to a rabbit hole of the etymology of the word, which apparently comes from «достойный» (worthy) and so it kinda explains itself as “something worth seeing” and it’s the best thing I have learnt today.
Oh, I also learnt the word «поставщик» but that’s not as cool.
#not to mention the rabbit hole i went to for the word «этимология» itself#Which I actually guessed while looking for the etymology of the first word#I love Russian it sounds so nice to me#the Russian learning journey continues#Russian
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the weirdest part of my internship experience might be that I've become aware of how much latin I just know somehow. been translating a bunch of medical stuff that I don't understand one bit, but when the interpreters discuss words they didn't know how to translate and the words have latin roots I keep going like "oh it means like this!" and I didn't even know I knew that. and I always feel like I'm over explaining because surely it's self-explanatory but every time I get the response "oh, I never thought about that". so I guess people usually don't immediately dissect and ponder every latin-inspired word they ever encounter in their lives? but it's fun I think everyone should try it it's like a game.
#I love words I love etymology it's cool it's fun#vitpost#and latin-roots etymology is like easy mode.#the words are usually pretty easy to make out what they mean n where they came from#compared to germanic-rooted words which are. a mess#you don't know how many times I've THOUGHT I knew why a word was called something only to find out I guessed wrong#I recently found out oppholdsvær is called that not because it's weather you can stay (oppholde seg) outside in#but rather because it's a pause (et opphold) in downpour#stupid double meanings and homonyms
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I was today years old when my brain made the connection between the words 'lulling' and 'lullaby'
#i am a native english speaker#i have studied 4 languages in a structured classrom to varying levels#i used to read the dictionary for fun#i enjoy language and etymology#sometimes brain just slow i guess
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i would honestly kill to know when the first minitourney &/or tintinlike(s) happened because i feel like their existence is so vital to the current format of the tourney scene
#i know tournaments themselves for abstract (collections of) concepts them predate even kfad#i.e. what a minitourney effectively is but i'm just thinking of when#within the mashup tourney scene the practice of making mashup tourney contestants & having them compete#without the musical track component or even a reward began#and if when it began lines up with when mashup tourney-formatted projects without the competition began#then that would be massive however i highly doubt there's a real connection there#knowing the dates on those things would better serve to track other broad trends within the community#my use of the term tintinlike is erroneous. man do i wish there were a better way to refer to tournament-formatted mashup projects without#bracket or even competition#like i don't know Precisely where the term blindfad comes from but it makes sense on its own as a word with meaning#etymologically speaking i guess. it's not anywhere near as contex-requiring as ''tintinlike''
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