Stamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square209linkfedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down124
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageWhich got wrecked worse by Lake Superior? Tom Fitton or the Edmund Fitzgerald?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agomessage-square209linkfedilink
minus-squarehuppakee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThe meaning of a word ≠ where the word comes from.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·4 months agoThat’s true. I shouldn’t have included that detail in my already 100% correct comment. Redacting it, but pasting it here for posterity: The word “wet” comes from a PIE word meaning water
The meaning of a word ≠ where the word comes from.
That’s true. I shouldn’t have included that detail in my already 100% correct comment. Redacting it, but pasting it here for posterity: