Comments | divmazie: Competition v. Curiosity

divmazie

Competition v. Curiosity

Jun 25, 2005 16:07

Yesterday, I mentioned that I was interested in knowing some of the etymology of certain swear words and offensive phrases, meaning that I would like to know how these words originated. Stephanie Turza jumped in to say that she didn't think that etymology was the right word. She thought that that might be the study of insects. I said that I was ( Read more... )

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carrie8705 June 26 2005, 05:58:11 UTC

you're making it sound like Stephanie was incredibly competitive about this point. I don't think she gave it a second thought after that brief conversation.

divmazie June 26 2005, 06:08:22 UTC

Sorry, I know Stephanie wasn't really being competitive about it. Just the fact that she used the word "lose" maybe start thinking about it. Of course this actual incident was a completely small matter, and I'm sure most of us forgot about it shortly after it happened. It just provided a bit of food for thought for me, and I figured I'd write a little entry about it.

This post was also inspired by a conversation I had with my dad about how we are both bad at figuring out how people feel about competition. I just chose to use this small incident as an example to make my point and talk about what I've been thinking about.

Also, Stephanie says that she actually just misheard me, which makes things rediculous, but whatever.

saulimaria June 26 2005, 22:33:27 UTC

The word is "ridiculous", and I just beat you for knowing that.

divmazie June 27 2005, 03:57:16 UTC

Thanks for correcting me. And thanks for taking this in light humor.

brickfireanimal June 26 2005, 17:08:02 UTC

She might not have thought much about it then, but she was freaking out when it came up at Ryan's. Calling names and randomly telling off Peck.

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divmazie June 27 2005, 04:59:43 UTC

I love you too, Stephanie!

I really don't want you to be upset over this. It's a pretty small thing anyway, I was just posting some of my thoughts.

The other reason I wanted to get a dictionary is that I know that your vocabulary is better than mine, and I would have been surprised if you didn't know a word. And I wasn't 100% sure of myself either. Though it sounds like you just misheard me, so it turns out that we both knew the correct answer to begin with.

caitlin4sale July 14 2005, 02:04:13 UTC

Ok, had i been there, i could have told you both right then and there that entomology is the study of insects. any religious C.S.I. : Crime Scene Investigation view would know that.