Archive for the ‘Language’ Category

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Cool Replacement: Baltimore

What if everybody said, "baltimore" instead of, "cool"? Here are my arguments: Easy to say Good mix of plosives and continuants, which is useful when drunk You already remember the word Three-syllable construction like," dyn-no-mite!", which is useful for dramatic emphasis Give you a reason to say "baltimore" often Furthermore, it would give the good [...]

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Etymology: Dog

Someone recently told me that the etymology of the word ‘dog’ is a mystery. Anybody know where it comes from? It’s not like hound (from the German) or canine (from the Latin). What a weird thing, right?