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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 4:40 am
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Quote:'milk' refers to an opaque white viscous liquid
I'd reply further, but I have to run down to the shops to pick up a few gallons of latex milk and a few milk brushes and rollers.
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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 4:41 am
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That actually is a thing, lol.
Because I just can't help myself........and it;s related to evolution of a kind....
Milk is a verb. We use it to denote cows milk as an object now because of the ubiquity of that product, just like everyone who speaks stage 2 southern american english calls every soda "coke". I dated a girl from indiana once who insisted on calling coke pop.....and that's why we never had kids together. As in children, not goats.
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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 8:24 am
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There's a perfectly logical, sound reason why this is an issue for me - I'm a very petty man when it comes to language. A few other things that drive me spare:
-When people quote something and say, 'Quote...unquote.' It's 'end quote'.
-'Febuary'. There's another hard 'r' in there. Use it.
-'I could care less.' Well, we all could, I suppose.
I list more, but just typing those is making my brain beat faster .
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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 9:00 am
A number of people also refer to milk as the semen. "Bebe meu leitinho".
Correction: milk comes from female mammals breasts, not from the father of mankind.
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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 9:58 am
Ve haff vays uf makink you tock.
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RE: How humans are still evolving
June 9, 2018 at 10:34 am
(June 9, 2018 at 9:40 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: (June 9, 2018 at 8:24 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There's a perfectly logical, sound reason why this is an issue for me - I'm a very petty man when it comes to language. A few other things that drive me spare:
-When people quote something and say, 'Quote...unquote.' It's 'end quote'.
-'Febuary'. There's another hard 'r' in there. Use it.
-'I could care less.' Well, we all could, I suppose.
I list more, but just typing those is making my brain beat faster .
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