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Holycrap328 t1_ja2qqh5 wrote

Reply to comment by Chucks_u_Farley in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

Derived from "Entymology, which is, of course, the study of Ents.

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Athildur t1_ja2x1v6 wrote

Not to be confused with entomology, which is the study of insects. I imagine there's a potential for some awkward moments in confusing the two.

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bend1310 t1_ja55wg5 wrote

Oh. My. God.

It's finally here. I've always wanted to do this.

Relevant XKCD

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Athildur t1_ja637hm wrote

If I've learned anything during my time on the internet, it's that there's always a relevant XKCD. Bless you.

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