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| Is monday a bad word? |
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| Insert Name Here²:
--- Quote from: Sheepocalypse on March 29, 2017, 08:51:12 AM ---When people think brother =/= monday [img width=500]http://images.wisegeek.com/boy-with-downs-syndrome-giving-thumbs-up.jpg[/img] --- End quote --- In context, they are different. Out of context, they aren't. |
| Sheepocalypse:
Slave owners called their slaves brothers because of their accent |
| Outland Predator:
--- Quote from: Jairo on March 29, 2017, 09:08:28 AM ---only a moron thinks words don't change meaning over time doesn't matter what anything originally meant, what matters is how it's understood now --- End quote --- I said forget it. |
| Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Sheepocalypse on March 29, 2017, 09:35:40 AM ---Slave owners called their slaves brothers because of their accent --- End quote --- ok |
| Insert Name Here²:
--- Quote from: Sheepocalypse on March 29, 2017, 09:35:40 AM ---Slave owners called their slaves brothers because of their accent --- End quote --- So? That's a pronunciation problem, not the actual word "brother" that people use today. They were using the word "monday" but with their dialect and accent, sounded like "brother." |
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