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[hops]

You know, I wonder if the etymology of afar come from Afar.

[Putnam]

okay now usually when people say "google is amazing" and link you to a google result they're being a sardonic shit but i'm actually amazed by this

google has etymology

[Eric Blank]

I personally greatly enjoyed this one:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

So clueless



On topic: so since he "came from afar" does that mean he comes from from-far?

[Putnam]

it's like "alot" or "could of", just 1000 years ago so nobody's a shit about it

[hector13]

Or it could be that language changes over time while we know "alot" isn't a word, and "could of" doesn't make sense.

[Putnam]

"afar" wasn't a word a thousand years ago and "from afar" doesn't make sense since "afar" came from "of far"

[hector13]

Again, language changes over time. As things stand now, afar is a word, and the examples you presented are examples of bad use of language.

[itisnotlogical]

No idea why I find this funny but it makes me laugh every time

[saigo]

Reading that....that is the first time I've been pushed out of something by terminology in years.

Is this what normies feel like all the time?

Don't you like Electric Light Orchestra?

[hops]

okay now usually when people say "google is amazing" and link you to a google result they're being a sardonic shit but i'm actually amazed by this

google has etymology

Oh, huh, I thought it was literally from Afar, which is a place name in Africa.

[AzyWng]

I heard these little gems from a Deus Ex speedrun in 2014:
"No, kill the boat! ... You're supposed to kill the boat with the sword."
"Gentlemen can I take your ammo please thank you!"
"Don't want to talk to this guy so I'm gonna light him on fire... And she's got a great scream so I have to light her on fire too."
Also had a bunch of other humorous shenanigans.

[Aseaheru]

 Watching a (fairly) good TV show with an episode set in Berlin. Meanwhile, in the background, Union Pacific rolling stock. Hey, people! Wrong hemisphere!

[Flying Dice]

okay now usually when people say "google is amazing" and link you to a google result they're being a sardonic shit but i'm actually amazed by this

google has etymology

Oh, huh, I thought it was literally from Afar, which is a place name in Africa.

That would be markedly more impressive, given the context. *snrk*

[hops]

I'm now jealous of the Danakil people because they can say that they literally come from Afar.

[Insanegame27]

Insanegame27: Turns out I forgot I had 'Never gonna give you up' in my saved songs from spotify.
Kevak: Did you rickroll yourself?
Insanegame27: Shuffle is an evil thing.