Reinventing_Wheels
Reinventing_Wheels t1_ja3ye7y wrote
Reply to TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
My take on this is to be surprised that the OED isn't nearly as old of a publication as I assumed. I was thinking it was several hundreds of years old, at least, given how long Oxford University has been around.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_ja3wo39 wrote
Reply to comment by Syllers in [Homemade] Full English by FearDearFriend
To those who understand, no explanation is necessary.
To those who don't understand, no explanation is sufficient.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j4yn4ps wrote
Reply to comment by wyvernx02 in Customers report problems with Zelle transactions on their Bank of America accounts by iAmTheHYPE-
I was wondering the same. I've heard too many horror stories about zelle scams. Take my cash, or fuck off.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j35w9nj wrote
Reply to comment by TailRudder in Connecticut lawmaker dies in wrong-way crash after attending his own swearing-in ceremony by AudibleNod
But that wouldn't be click-baity enough.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j2cpwdk wrote
First corollary: It is possible for everything to become dirty without cleaning anything.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j27svat wrote
Reply to comment by Peatmoss22 in Woah, calm down donut store! by I_Take_The_5th
NOW you tell me.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j1xaiha wrote
Reply to comment by Talvert182 in TIFU and almost killed my whole family by lizziebordensbae
It wasn't a euphemism before, but it will be soon.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j1wy1x6 wrote
Reply to comment by Substantial_Cap_9594 in TIFU and almost killed my whole family by lizziebordensbae
>I was playing Bread and Fred with my girlfriend
Is that a euphemism?
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j1p3vwk wrote
Reply to comment by LABARATI in I had to work on Christmas, but a spicy banana made it all worth it (OC) by Fiery_Redhead
>possums/opossums on this sub (don’t know which is which)
Wait. There's a difference?
I always thought it was just a regional dialect, or something, people just called them slightly different names.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j1gqiw2 wrote
Djin & tonic
Reinventing_Wheels t1_j0t65wk wrote
Reply to Homeless man arrested for stealing excavator to help man change his tire in Downtown by Mr_Blite
Construction company should offer him a job, by the sound of it.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_ixtyvwo wrote
Reply to comment by Wuntoothrie in How do I fix an unpluged wall plug-in? by Icephoenixs
And it will hurt the entire time you're dying.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_ixpb8wj wrote
Reply to comment by shadow125 in Al Capone and his gang c.1920's. by hog_heaven_2000
The amount of crimes committed
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iv4bk92 wrote
I was going to make an "Unclear on the concept" joke, but it's a good bet there aren't sufficient roads to get the car to where they want it. The question remains, what's the point of having a car, then?
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iv3oxas wrote
Reply to comment by Alundra828 in Leeds bus fined for being in bus lane to get to bus stop by kwentongskyblue
Someone wasn't getting paid enough to give a fuck
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iupsajm wrote
Reply to comment by gorgewall in Two Cops Shot by Man With Long Gun in Newark; No One in Custody by No___ImRight
When has the media ever cared about those kind of details?
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iujb0e5 wrote
Conversely, however, it IS possible for everything to become dirty without anything being cleaned.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iuh0845 wrote
Reply to comment by cipher315 in ELI5: How exactly do we get some much power from engine now, than we did 40, 50, 60 years ago? by Micromashington
There's a big difference between how airplane engines and automobile engines are rated for power output. Airplanes have to be able to put out their full rated power for extended periods of time, without suffering any ill effects. Cars only put out peak power for a few seconds at a time while accelerating. Once the car reaches cruising speed, it may only be using a tiny fraction of the peak power output the engine is capable of.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iuguxlk wrote
Gomez: To live without you, only that would be torture.
Morticia: A day alone, only that would be death.
Reinventing_Wheels t1_iugui07 wrote
Reply to comment by Dark4ce in Ended up pulling it off pretty well. by Colin_the_fish_guy
Acquitted!
Reinventing_Wheels t1_ja5vxbb wrote
Reply to comment by DroppedD94 in [Homemade] Full English by FearDearFriend
Obviously a full Irish includes a pint of Guinness