(July 18, 2022 at 10:41 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 4:13 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: From my intense, years-long study of the etymology of Croatian place names, I agree that ‘Vukovar’ does not mean ‘city of wolves’ (it means ‘chicken of the hot trouser parts’ after a regional delicacy).

The meaning of the repeating k-r is less clear, but it likely refers to either chocolate candy or hovercrafts.

Boru

I am quite sure "Vukovar" means "city on the Vuka river" and that the modern-day river name "Vuka" comes from the ancient name "Ulca". "Ulca" probably meant "moisture" in Illyrian, but I am not sure.

If your area is suffering from a Grasping Sarcasm Famine, I’ll be happy to send you some.

Boru

(July 18, 2022 at 12:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 10:41 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I am quite sure "Vukovar" means "city on the Vuka river" and that the modern-day river name "Vuka" comes from the ancient name "Ulca". "Ulca" probably meant "moisture" in Illyrian, but I am not sure.

If your area is suffering from a Grasping Sarcasm Famine, I’ll be happy to send you some.

Boru

Sorry, I did not get the joke. And I still do not get it. Why would a city be named after a dish?

(July 18, 2022 at 10:47 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 10:37 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I am sorry for being harsh now, but this is probably the most stupid and insane comment anybody will ever make about my paper. Like, what does what you have just written have to do with my paper? My paper does not even mention the conflict.
Somebody (even vaguely) familiar with the content of my paper but unfamiliar with the history of this forum will probably consider you insane for saying that. Somebody who is familiar with the history of this forum (and who is willing to spend time trying to interpret what you wrote) will realize that what you wrote is, at best, a giant Argument from Association fallacy. Ideas are right or wrong independently of their creators, and even if I am deadly wrong about Vukovar Massacre, that is entirely irrelevant to my paper (which does not even mention Vukovar).

What can I say, I think it's the only interesting thing about your interest in the matter.

I am not sure what you mean.

(July 18, 2022 at 10:49 am)Angrboda Wrote: And in this case, "You're boring the shit out of us," means, "That's an interesting and insightful observation!  Please give us a year or so to fully digest its import before you go further!"

If I am "boring the shit out of you", then don't reply to me. It's that simple. Don't post nonsensical insults. There are people here who are really interested in history and historical linguistics, so don't disrupt us by posting nonsense.

Please name one person on THIS forum who is interested in your videos.

Just one.

(July 18, 2022 at 1:52 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 10:49 am)Angrboda Wrote: And in this case, "You're boring the shit out of us," means, "That's an interesting and insightful observation!  Please give us a year or so to fully digest its import before you go further!"

If I am "boring the shit out of you", then don't reply to me. It's that simple. Don't post nonsensical insults. There are people here who are really interested in history and historical linguistics, so don't disrupt us by posting nonsense.

Oh you big baby. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

(July 18, 2022 at 1:40 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 12:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If your area is suffering from a Grasping Sarcasm Famine, I’ll be happy to send you some.

Boru

Sorry, I did not get the joke. And I still do not get it. Why would a city be named after a dish?

It happens a lot. For instance, the American city of Boston, Massachusetts is named after the Boston Cream Pie. Early European settlers in the area found the pies growing wild and - after several dozen generations of selective breeding - cultivated the cake/custard/chocolate confection known the world over. To this day, you can visit the area in springtime and see hectare after hectare of young Boston Cream Pie seedlings waving majestically in the breeze.

Don’t even get me started on Licorice, Brazil.

Boru

(July 18, 2022 at 1:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Please name one person on THIS forum who is interested in your videos.

Just one.

It's not about my videos (well, there is one video in Croatian I made about this, but we are not discussing it here). It's about my research in informatics and historical linguistics.

(July 18, 2022 at 2:10 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 1:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Please name one person on THIS forum who is interested in your videos.

Just one.

It's not about my videos (well, there is one video in Croatian I made about this, but we are not discussing it here). It's about my research in informatics and historical linguistics.

Do you have a reading comprehension problem?  I didn't mention your video in Croation.  Who here has been following your videos on anything?

(July 18, 2022 at 2:13 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(July 18, 2022 at 2:10 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: It's not about my videos (well, there is one video in Croatian I made about this, but we are not discussing it here). It's about my research in informatics and historical linguistics.

Do you have a reading comprehension problem?  I didn't mention your video in Croation.  Who here has been following your videos on anything?

Maybe we're reading this all wrong. Maybe FlatAssembler is a performance artist and these videos are him branching out into ASMR.