While having two words for blue because “they look different”
People seem to believe this so let me clarify:
Literally, “apple of [the] earth”. The word pomme used to mean “fruit” in Old French. The French construction originated, as calques, Dutch aardappel, Icelandic jarðepli, Persian سیبزمینی (sib-zamini), Modern Hebrew תפוח אדמה (tapúakh adamá), the rare English earthapple, German Erdapfel, etc.
In fact, apple was a catch all term for fruits in many languages from time to time, hence pineapple (originally meaning pinecone, later used for the exotic fruit because of similarity) or German Apfelsine (orange, literally apple from China), …
I don’t know if everyone gets the reference: RollerCoaster Tycoon is in fact writing mostly in assembly to use the hardware more efficiently
Patriarchy is for sure a cause many people die from, so maybe it’s time to fight and die for ending it
Just make sure you don’t develop an allergic reaction. Could happen with too much exposure
I first read it as “dying for a cause”. I guess cigarettes make you more revolutionary or something
Some h*bits die hard
Where is lemmygrad? I would have expected them to make it on the list
As so often, you steal from the capitalist, not the workers
That’s b*llshit
Are you talking about fruit flies or time flies?
You’re on the right track. The possessive 's is missing which would make it the bowl of the dog (as intended). The way it is written, “bowl” could be a verb as in “have you seen the dogs when they bowl”. Hope that makes sense and I’m a non native myself so not 100% sure myself
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana
I saw a documentary about a woman whose arms didn’t stop growing. It was a mutation but only in her arms so it happened during embryonic development in the cells that develop into arms
I think the Old Egyptians did that.
There are many different bases around the world, to think all of humanity uses base 10 because we have 10 fingers is wrong. You can count with the spaces between the fingers (base 8) for example
We are waiting for Chess 2.0 since literal centuries
There is a Words For Granted podcast episode about that. Don’t remember much tho. Have fun!
No way!