ElliElephant OP t1_jazgx46 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 6:48 AM Reply to comment by 51CK54DW0RLD in Wittgenstein’s Revenge (this genuinely changed the way I look at the world) by ElliElephant I don't think he's seriously arguing that it's possible, just saying one might count those things as "evidence of UFO's" and others might not Permalink Parent 1
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ElliElephant t1_ja76dkr wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:11 AM Reply to comment by AxialGem in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man Yeah etymon line is great for getting lost in rabbit holes They generally do a good job of noting when something is speculative or debated Permalink Parent 2
ElliElephant t1_ja74yy5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:51 AM Reply to comment by AxialGem in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man This is a good resource “*man- (2) Proto-Indo-European root meaning "hand." It forms all or part of: amanuensis; command; commando; commend; countermand; demand; Edmund; emancipate; legerdemain; maintain; manacle; manage; manciple; mandamus; mandate; manege; maneuver; manicure; manifest; manipulation; manner; manque; mansuetude; manual; manubrium; manufacture; manumission; manumit; manure; manuscript; mastiff; Maundy Thursday; mortmain; Raymond; recommend; remand; Sigismund.” Permalink Parent 2
ElliElephant t1_ja72jny wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:16 AM Reply to Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man “man” is much older than that. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European word for hand. Which is evident in words like “manual” “manicure” and so on. You can almost imagine these people naming themselves “hands” because nothing else around has them Permalink 2
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Reply to comment by 51CK54DW0RLD in Wittgenstein’s Revenge (this genuinely changed the way I look at the world) by ElliElephant
I don't think he's seriously arguing that it's possible, just saying one might count those things as "evidence of UFO's" and others might not