I hate the Valley kinda girls.
"Like oh my gawd"
GRRR.
"Like oh my gawd"
GRRR.
I hate when people say
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hhaha, I hate it when people say "ax."
I need to ax you question.
YOU NEED TO SLAUGHTER A QUESTION?!
lol....Also, the way that the stupid beotches on Laguna Beach or what ever those shows are..the way they talk. Like...they're always bitching about something or disgusting by something. The tone is the same.
So, who exactly named all the continents .. and put it on a map? I mean .. did someone go around and ask what everyone would like to be called, or did they just go out on a limb and name all the places LOL.
I've always wondered that.
I've always wondered that.
but, ebonics is yore friend yo :24:
Let me aks you sumthin... (misspelling intended)
Do you also hate it when people say "pa-sketti" for spaghetti?
You all find the dumbest things annoying.... No offense... Much worse things to worry about.
My cousin is 25 and she pronounces Orange Orench...
My cousin is 25 and she pronounces Orange Orench...
I am not worrying about people's pronunciation. The thread asks for anomalies that some have that other people find distasteful. I am sure none of us worry about them. Colloquial pronunciations are acceptable. Language between friends in whatever capacity is fine. But if you're giving a speech or making a presentation to me...speak English.
I'm not sure about all of them, but I guess all the continents' names came about at different times.
America was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who from memory, discovered South America around the same time Columbus discovered the North.
Australia came from the Latin term 'Terra Australis' meaning, literally, 'southern land'.
I had to wikipedia the rest, but it's all quite interesting.
Europe is derived from a Greek mythological character known as Europa (who was a queen of Crete in the tales). According to wikipedia, the term first applied to Greece in about 500 BC, but later expanded to include the entire continent.
Asia, once again, comes from Greek, and was once used by the Greeks to describe Persia. The term seems to have connotations of the sun rising in the east. Of course, as with the other continental names, Asia soon enough meant everything east of Europe.
Africa is apparently a combination of two words - "Afri", referring to a specific tribe who lived around modern-day Libya, and '-ca' being a Latin suffix meaning land. There's other theories of the origin of the continent's name in the article.
And finally, Antarctica, unsurprisingly means the opposite of 'Arctic', which comes from the Greek word for Bear... referring to the constellation known as the 'Great Bear'.
There you go, learn something new every day
Interesting question many people don't think about.
If it went "The British are coming!" people would be standing around looking confused. haha "We're coming where?" FWIW, in all my studies of the time, I probably would have been a loyalist. :eek
I'm not sure about all of them, but I guess all the continents' names came about at different times.
America was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who from memory, discovered South America around the same time Columbus discovered the North.
Australia came from the Latin term 'Terra Australis' meaning, literally, 'southern land'.
I had to wikipedia the rest, but it's all quite interesting.
Europe is derived from a Greek mythological character known as Europa (who was a queen of Crete in the tales). According to wikipedia, the term first applied to Greece in about 500 BC, but later expanded to include the entire continent.
Asia, once again, comes from Greek, and was once used by the Greeks to describe Persia. The term seems to have connotations of the sun rising in the east. Of course, as with the other continental names, Asia soon enough meant everything east of Europe.
Africa is apparently a combination of two words - "Afri", referring to a specific tribe who lived around modern-day Libya, and '-ca' being a Latin suffix meaning land. There's other theories of the origin of the continent's name in the article.
And finally, Antarctica, unsurprisingly means the opposite of 'Arctic', which comes from the Greek word for Bear... referring to the constellation known as the 'Great Bear'.
There you go, learn something new every day
Spectacular read. Thanks man!! :nod:
You learn something new everyday...I'm not sure about all of them, but I guess all the continents' names came about at different times.
America was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who from memory, discovered South America around the same time Columbus discovered the North.
Australia came from the Latin term 'Terra Australis' meaning, literally, 'southern land'.
I had to wikipedia the rest, but it's all quite interesting.
Europe is derived from a Greek mythological character known as Europa (who was a queen of Crete in the tales). According to wikipedia, the term first applied to Greece in about 500 BC, but later expanded to include the entire continent.
Asia, once again, comes from Greek, and was once used by the Greeks to describe Persia. The term seems to have connotations of the sun rising in the east. Of course, as with the other continental names, Asia soon enough meant everything east of Europe.
Africa is apparently a combination of two words - "Afri", referring to a specific tribe who lived around modern-day Libya, and '-ca' being a Latin suffix meaning land. There's other theories of the origin of the continent's name in the article.
And finally, Antarctica, unsurprisingly means the opposite of 'Arctic', which comes from the Greek word for Bear... referring to the constellation known as the 'Great Bear'.
There you go, learn something new every day