how were words like: cock or computer or codiene or anything really named? how do they think of a name?
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how were words like: cock or computer or codiene or anything really named? how do they think of a name?
they got high and looked at stuff and named it the first word that poped in their minds or their god(s) told them what to name stuff
Iā??ve thought about that a lotā?¦..and who makes up names for streets and stuff?Quote:
Originally Posted by robert42
I invented spazzledazzed ā?? for when your too baked to speak
You have my permission to use it
:D
May I use it?Quote:
Originally Posted by SensiRide
Yeah i've thought about that a lot, like how did the English launguage start, who decided to look at an orange and think "I'll call this... a goddamn orange!" haha, strange stuff.. keep ya in a daze for days (like my rhyme?;))
I know the real answer... as i created them! (well the word "cock" anyway)
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like when the fat guy sat in his bath and noticed water rised he shouted
EUUURIKA
and thats how that word got used.
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Originally Posted by robert42
LOL was he Italian? Damn i do hope so!
Haha, and when the Japanese guy tripped over a loose paving stone and shouted "Shit!" and invented "Shit!" :)
he was greek i beleive
Oh bollocks.. sorry:)Quote:
Originally Posted by robert42
yea who the bloody hell invented all these words.there are so many of them.it's drivin me mad and givin me the lionel.on another note have you noticed the blokes heavily into the hip hop culture are very close minded.every part of the culture comes from the rappers.that is truly sad.
"i'm not using scott tissue to wipe my ass.jay-z uses charmin so ima use that." hahahah
400th post! Sorry had to do that.......... :)
yes master sensai
Congratulations, and King Kong, i've not noticed tbh, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SensiRide
actually eureka already existed b4 it became famous, it just means "I've found it", it's greek and the dude was Archimedes
srry, I just wanted to play the smart-ass:p
Wow, cool thanks:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Blowboy
"You learn a new thing everyday"
Did Chaucer actually invent any words?
Shakespeare mad something like 1700 of them...many which are in use today in the English language...
...and of course we have the word "marijuana" whichs comes from thhe words "Mary Jane."
What in the world ever became of Sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine
All a friend can say is 'isn't it a shame'
I'm sure Mary Jane was taken from Marijuana.... lol, how would someone get Marijuana from Mary Jane? lol.. unless you meant it the other way 'round:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Roadking
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 3 Sheets To The Wind
Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita,
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane,
All they will call you will be "deportees"
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Originally Posted by Roadking
Lol wow:D
When I'm high words have deeper meaning. Sometimes words come alive. I can feel how every word has thousand of years of history behind it.
u do know ill have to kill u now lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Blowboy
I invented a word.............robgoblowyourhorn.
When I'm high words have deeper meaning. Sometimes words come alive. I can feel how every word has thousands of years of history behind it. Sometimes though, you just want to chill and laugh and not think so much and that can be a problem.
Ignore him hes a jealous Ex lolQuote:
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
Yeah i kinda know what you're saying:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Optimus Pot
I invented a word too, Voloron. I have no Idea what that means, but when I'm high, that word comes into my head and means Marijuana.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
LOL he used you too?Quote:
Originally Posted by robert42
I know exactly what you're saying. I have the same prob , but usually I tell my friends about those words and then we have those stoner-discussions, which can also be very amusing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Optimus Pot
As a linguistics major, I can provide the scientific answer to how all these words began: Nobody knows. Well, we do know that people occasionally invent new words like "googol", but most English words can be traced back thousands of years, to a language called Proto-Indo-European spoken about 5,000 years ago near the Black Sea somewhere. As the speakers of PIE spread to widely different areas and stopped communicating with each other, their language changed in different ways until eventually the different groups were unable to understand each other. From this language a plethora of different languages evolved, spoken from Iceland to India, including Icelandic, English, German, Swedish, Spanish, Russian, Greek, Persian, Hindi and hundreds more. But since the people of 5,000 years ago didn't know how to write, we can only guess what their language was like by looking at the similarities between the different languages it gave rise to. Before that point, where the language came from is anybody's guess. Some hypothesize that all the world's languages evolved from a single language but it's impossible to prove that since over time the languages would have changed so much that any similarities that could be used to prove a common origin would be erased.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_language for more information on the theories of where language came from.
Sounds like an anti-hypertensive... :twocents: :what:Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimus Pot
Russian actually originated from two greek missionaries that wanted to spread orthodox catholicism around Russia, and because they needed a language that everyone could understand, they developed russian and the cyrilic alphabet (one of those dudes was called cyrilicus).(I learned this like two weeks ago:)) If you compare the greek and the russian alphabet, you'll notice a lot of simmilarities.
about PIE, ermitonto is correct, a lot of stems can be seen in many different languages.
You are both very clever.. thanks for sharing! It was an interesting read:thumbsup:
No, that's not where Russian came from. That's where the Cyrillic alphabet came from, which wasn't even used to write Russian at first, but a language called Old Church Slavonic (and by the way, the guy's name was St. Cyril). But anyways, no language was "invented" when its writing system was invented. All writing systems developed to record spoken language. Old Church Slavonic existed for a long time before anybody figured out a way to turn it into marks on paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blowboy
heh, well thanks a lot, my teacher didn't told me that. I learn more on a weed forum than in college:)
ermitonto knows his shit props to you sir
"For millions of years mankind lived just like animals
Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk"
- Stephen Hawking
(Keep Talking- Pink Floyd)
Something happened....which unleashed the power...
Genesis 2:7 ?
???
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lol...short circuit?
:D I saw a documentary on History Channel International that said most of our "English" language is derived from French, not Latin as most would think.
Many languages have similar words, my sister-in-law is from Italy and can make out quite a bit of Spanish. I on the other hand hear anything other than plain English and my eyes glaze over and I am completely lost.
Heres my word though, conchdubidderflick.
I hope its not a for real word to someone somewhere where I'm saying something I shouldnt, maybe it has something to do with killing flies? lol