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Post by fathershark on Mar 7, 2003 13:57:29 GMT 10
Well it's good to know that there's "hopr" for everyone.  |
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Post by Tiberius on Mar 7, 2003 18:03:46 GMT 10
Could you tell me about the etymology of the terms hope and despair?
Do not despair, for we hope we can help you. Hope is an Old English word. Before 1200 it was hopen, and it arose from Old English hopian `wish, expect, look forward to.' It was cognate with Old Frisian hopia `to hope' as well as Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, and modern Dutch hopen, not to mention Middle High and modern German hoffen. Unfortunately, that is all we know about hope. There has been a suggestion that it is related to hop and that it originally denoted `jumping to safety.' Reaching a place of safety gives one hope, the theory goes on to say.
Despair was dyspayr in about 1300. It was likely borrowed from Old French despeir, which was an early form of despoir, which came from desperer `lose hope, despair,' from Latin desperare (de- `without' + sperare `to hope'). Desperate comes from the same source, as does desperado, which, though it sounds Spanish, is possibly an English invention.
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Post by TheAstronaut on Mar 7, 2003 19:25:34 GMT 10
and the point of that post was?
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Post by Tiberius on Mar 7, 2003 21:17:17 GMT 10
Etymology. I went looking to see if "hopr" really was a word in old English, but no such luck.
Speaking of such things, (and to avoid this thread turning into a lingustics class) don't you hate it when a girl you like tells you that you use "big words". Gargh. You know it's all over at that point.
(this wasn't recent btw)
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Post by loux2 on Mar 8, 2003 7:10:13 GMT 10
But doesn't using big words make you sound more intellectual and therefore more attractive?
isn't it a good thing?
unless the girl isn't so smart and has no idea what you're talking about..
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Post by larry emdur is my hero! on Mar 8, 2003 8:45:37 GMT 10
A girl told one of my friends that she wanted their friendship to remain "platonic".. he was confused and had to call me to ask what it meant...
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Post by Lounge Act on Mar 8, 2003 8:52:30 GMT 10
did you know?
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Post by larry emdur is my hero! on Mar 8, 2003 11:05:42 GMT 10
yep, and my friend was very dissapointed...
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Post by Lounge Act on Mar 8, 2003 11:09:40 GMT 10
i'm assuming she meant:Free from physical desire, as apposed to: Of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy
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Post by Tiberius on Mar 8, 2003 18:56:21 GMT 10
But doesn't using big words make you sound more intellectual and therefore more attractive? isn't it a good thing? Well, depends who you're talking to. unless the girl isn't so smart and has no idea what you're talking about.. Exactly. And that's when warning bells start to sound in your head and you realise that you won't be having intellectual intercourse with her. There's more fish in the sea they say but you kick yourself for waiting for this particular kettle to boil. |
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Post by Firecracker on Mar 8, 2003 23:54:23 GMT 10
I think everyone deserves to get what they want, because you never know -this could be the person you look at every day for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes a while to find the qualities/looks package you are after, but it never pays to settle.
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Post by dirtgirl on Mar 10, 2003 16:09:04 GMT 10
I think everyone deserves to get what they want, because you never know -this could be the person you look at every day for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes a while to find the qualities/looks package you are after, but it never pays to settle. helps to know youself first to really get a grip on who to fall in love with... |
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Post by Firecracker on Mar 10, 2003 16:15:49 GMT 10
I agree. Most people only think they know who they are when they are 20 years old.
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Post by fathershark on Mar 11, 2003 17:38:03 GMT 10
Etymology. I went looking to see if "hopr" really was a word in old English, but no such luck. Speaking of such things, (and to avoid this thread turning into a lingustics class) don't you hate it when a girl you like tells you that you use "big words". Gargh. [/size][/quote] Mark, you are a fucking prick. Incidentally, "lawnmower" is a big word. I like to point that out to whinging feral neanderthal fucks that complain about three syllable words I might use. |
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Post by Tiberius on Mar 11, 2003 20:01:04 GMT 10
Justin, she thought the word 'cover' as in the sentence, "Something for Kate did a cover of a Midnight Oil song", was a 'big word'.  This was about the same time she was ranting about how Shaggy's song Angel was such a good song. I decided not to point out to her that it was a 'cover'. |
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