Word meanings

[Silverbolt]

Only technically. Pathetic has been used as "pitiful" for so long that it's now almost correct. It's still not very clear what it means nowadays. It comes from the greek (I think) word "pathos" which, if I'm not mistaken, means passion.

[Reish Vedaur]

Yup.  It has the same route as "pathological"

[lazygamer]

Just like Romance Languages don't have anything to do with love.

 

I used to think romance languages were called so because they are associated with romantic stuff.

[Corsair5]

Same here. Then I became one of the truly learned.

[The Guy]

You know Corsair, funny thing I happened upon. Your name is in the dictionary.

cor·sair   n.

   1. A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast.
   2. A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction.

While I have no idea how you originally created your name, there it is.

[Silverbolt]

You know Corsair, funny thing I happened upon. Your name is in the dictionary.

cor·sair   n.

   2. A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction.

Am I the only one who found that hilarious?

[Reish Vedaur]

lol
Obviously, SOME liberties were taken on the definition (i.e. he keel-hauled the local linguists, straight away from their lexicons... lethargically)

[Corsair5]

Yes, I did know that. That's where I got it.

[The Guy]

Well that would explain some things then. Just which definition are you using for your name? The one about the pirate ship or the pirate himself?

[Corsair5]

The Pirate one. I'm not a ship.

[The Guy]

Then at least I was half right (even though it was a 50/50 chance). Just what was it about this pirate that you liked so much to use his name? Or did you just like the name itself? On a totally different matter, I was looking at dumblaws of both my country and others.  Apparantly in the UK there are quite a few dumb/weird laws. I'm unsure if any of these are still in effect. I'm going to post a few of them.

United Kingdom's Dumb laws
1. It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).
That, umm, really makes a lot of sense, really! (sarcasm if you can't tell)

2. Damaging the grass is illegal.
So one might as well not go outside, I guess.

3. Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).  (uh huh, yeah, ok pops)

4. You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.    (seriously who thinks these up?)

5. Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.
(or this one?)

Hopefully, these "laws" are no longer used or valid in any way and as much as I would like to post certain others, the nature of this site prohibits me to do so.

[Silverbolt]

The Pirate one. I'm not a ship.

Apparently you didn't get what I found funny even though I quoted and bolded a piece of text which I found amusing. Let me repeat:

Corsair: A *SWIFT* pirate ship...

Haha?

[Corsair5]

Crap, I better duck and cover monday through saturday if I ever go to the UK.

[The Guy]

That was only a very few of the dumb laws out there and for other countries.  You should see the ones for Canada, one of them being it's illegal to climb trees.

[Ignus_Draconus]

here's a few dumb laws from various parts of america:

It is illegal for a woman to walk down the highway in a bathing suit without an escort of two police officers or being armed with a club

dogs require permission from the mayor to congregate in groups of three or more

it is illegal for an airplane to fly over one town between 5 and 9 pm

one town requires a license for juggling

et cetera.