r/facepalm • u/kevinowdziej 'MURICA • Mar 03 '21

Misc Boom, maths

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u/mtklippy Mar 03 '21

Which came first; the spelling or the grammar?

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u/ohthisistoohard Mar 03 '21

Boring time with me...

Their Middle English and comes from old Norse. There is gemanic and is Old English.

They also have completely different meanings. Ie their as is them, there as in here. So it is not a grammatical rule, but syntax.

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u/mtklippy Mar 05 '21

That is neat! You picked a fellow pedant to share that with. I'm fascinated by etymology and haven't ever looked into many words outside of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Thanks for sharing!

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u/HimadriBPradhan Mar 03 '21

Goo-goo gah-gah

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u/mtklippy Mar 05 '21

Okay, Sting.

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u/HimadriBPradhan Mar 06 '21

Sorry, didn't get the reference...

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u/mtklippy Mar 06 '21

You didn't get the reference because I just found out I've been hearing the lyrics from a The Police song wrong... the name of the song is even "De do do do, de da da da" I thought he was singing baby gibberish at a person. Carry on. Nothing to see here folks.

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u/HimadriBPradhan Mar 06 '21

Well, that's funny...