Court Cantrell does not comply1d ago

RE: https://toot.cat/@woozle/116324189191503185

Hi, I'm Courtney. I'm not autistic, but I do have ADHD, which does, at times, trigger neurodivulgence.

Also, I am liking the application of inflectional morphology to DuckDuckGo.

The existence of DuckDuckGo implies not only the existence of DuckDuckWent (as @woozle demonstrates below), but also of DuckDuckHaveGone and DuckDuckWillHaveBeenGoing.

It's completely delightful.

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Court Cantrell does not complyJan 8

Alt text in my last repost reminded me of a phrase we always insulted each other with as kids: "Du hast 'ne Meise!"

du hast eine Meise = you have a chickadee

The implication is that said bird resides in your skull in place of brains, and that's why you're so flighty, weird, and foolish.

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Show threadCourt Cantrell does not complyJun 20, 2024

I'd like to ask him: why "yoke"? The word brings up an image of two tethered together, yes. But they still are separate organisms. You would never look at a pair of yoked oxen and think they are one being, even though they are pulling the load as one.

Instead, why not base the word for "fertilized cell" on συνδυασμός, meaning " two combined into one"? We could have a syndual instead of a zygote.

Just random thoughts. 😁

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