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bend1310 t1_ja55e7x wrote
Reply to comment by MJTony in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
The elephant is in the room
The truth is in your face when you hear the British canon go boom!
bend1310 t1_ivx4eel wrote
Reply to comment by Petrichordates in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Its not like an authority makes the decision to change a word. 'Just because' is how all words change.
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Reply to comment by Petrichordates in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Like... what?
The words are etymologically related. One is descended from the other. They aren't independently developed.
Boab is just the word generally used here in Australia for the local species.
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Reply to comment by OneLostOstrich in Stars over a Boab Tree, Western Australia [1024 x 723] [OC] by VLWphotography
Different places have different names for things as the original gets bastardised.
Its why we have Coffee instead of Qahwah.
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Reply to comment by Athildur in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged
Oh. My. God.
It's finally here. I've always wanted to do this.
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