Reblogged from: schoengeistig
Source: etiquetteforalady
Posts tagged life as i know it.
About two weeks ago, my friends and I wrote to Oxford English Dictionary to add a collective noun. Let me know what you think:
To whom it may concern:
Several months ago, we stumbled upon an entertaining yet substantial etymological question. We were discussing Middle English and came across the word “slut”. We were intrigued by the vast difference between the word’s popular use now and its uses in the fifteenth century. While reading up on the history of the word on your database we were informed that the word was defined as, in at least one text, “a kitchen-maid” around the 1450s. This discovery brought us to the reason that we are contacting you now: we would like to recommend that you set the collective noun for a group of sluts to “scullery”. Just as a group of turtles is a “bale”, we hope that you might accept a group of sluts (or sluttish women) to be a scullery. We believe that this is a testament to the word’s old and venerable connection to the kitchen. Please do not dismiss this request as juvenile hijinks, but rather take it as a sincere attempt to improve the English language. We hope to hear from you at your convenience.
Reblogged from: modernhepburn
Source: shahirzag.com
I’ve been looking back into my archive and seen how much my tumblr has changed and developed over time. Yet, despite how different everything is, I still love everything I’ve posted and see how even after years of change I’m essentially the same person…
Therefore, I’m going to start reblogging some of my older posts - a blast from the past.
