Just remembered that "mystery" and "mist" don't have an etymological connection even though they clearly should and I'm mad about it all over again - ThreadSky

mckelvie.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Just remembered that "mystery" and "mist" don't have an etymological connection even though they clearly should and I'm mad about it all over again

what do you call it if we work backwards from Myst

This tweet obviously sent my ND mind to seek knowledge. We speak such a mutt language 😂

That's partly why the "speak English!" racists are so absurd. Oh, you mean this language that uses words from over 300 different languages?

For sure. You really don’t need to go far into English to realise, “Some of these words are not like the others.” It fascinates me.

We really do.

Proper old man thoughts.

The English language is stupid

The English language is still just three dialects in a trenchcoat.

🤣

Seems like a missed opportunity to me.

Paging Robert Aspirin

As well you should be, mister!

I feel the same about Orange and Orangutan.

Myst lied!!

This is the content I signed up to see.

Good thing you rotated the observatory to the right setting to see it, then.

Ooh, I like the idea of mistery meaning something veiled and hard to make out, something done under cover of mist 😊

Exactly! But no.

We need to talk to the inventors of the English language. Too much room for ambiguity, not fit for purpose

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