'Fart' for example has been around as a word for 800 years...
Do you take for granted the living history you are a part of?
2006-11-09 23:39:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Miriam Webster the diletante **** of ages sucked much of the fun out of this formerly more fluid enterprise ...
2006-11-12 01:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't exactly take the history of words for granted but often think it was my own generation that created certain words.
When I first became addicted to Deadwood (set in the 1860s),
I was astounded to hear fu*k as every second word.
After all, John Wayne never said fu*k.
I always assumed that it was a by-product of the Swinging 60's.
The decade of free love and never-mind-the-consequences?
And now you go and tell me fart is over 800 years old.
My education needs updating!
2006-11-13 07:36:26 · answer #2 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do, when I use words to speak to certain people I've known for a long time and am close with, like my best friend for example.
I don't take anything for granted, history is one of my favorite subjects, and I'm a very nostalgic person. History is what makes us who we are :)
2006-11-10 07:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG that will be on my mind all day, every time someone says something to me i will be thinking how old is that word.
2006-11-10 07:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by wHaT eVeR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually just bought a book about the origins of words and sayings. :)!
2006-11-10 07:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Me luv u long time 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a bunch of farts if you asked me!
2006-11-10 07:42:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I must say, it pisses me off that certain phrases (i.e. "Sitting on the fence", "Cold-blooded", and "Hey nonny-nonny") are attributed to Shakespear.
2006-11-10 07:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by people are scum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...coz i cant even use words properly, how much more their history?
2006-11-10 07:43:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i dont i uasally think before i say something!
2006-11-10 08:03:21 · answer #9 · answered by frankie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I did not realize that.
2006-11-10 09:14:44 · answer #10 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋