Amusingness

[oloriel]

The meaning of words in English, or rather how it changed. Found via furius, so I know I'm not the only one who gets a kick out of this...

Personal favorite:
"The governess reported to Lady Redstart that her four-year-old daughter had her first orgasm that morning.(The word actually means "extreme emotion" or "fit of passion". In modern terms, the little girl threw a tantrum.)"

[Congrats to anyone who finds the Latin error in the lavatory one.]

And the Quote of the Day goes to rosefox:
The Very Secret Diary of Cardinal Ratzinger? "Day 217. Still not Pope."

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/macalla_/]

Oh - I LOVE linguistic jokes.
Thank you very much for this link :)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[http://users.livejournal.com/macalla_/]

By the way - THIS is my favorite:

Yesterday, his majesty's urinator, Mr. Curtis, gave a demonstration of his special urination techniques. (Once, to urinate meant to swim underwater. Mr. Curtis really existed; he was the royal navy's professional salvage diver in the late 17th century, and this passage is a direct quote from a newspaper article.)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, that is precious, too. As is the pirate captain's vagina...
(Obwohl einen das nicht so überraschen sollte, im Deutschen hat "Scheide" schließlich auch beide Bedeutungen...)

[http://users.livejournal.com/macalla_/]

Two little somethings you may like (if you don't know them already):

6 was scared of 7.
Why?
789

Times flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Groucho Marx)

[furius.livejournal.com]

Cardinal Ratzinger's a scary name. Have you seen this (http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42823.htm) and the fact that Bergoglio is implicated in an Argentine junta kidnapping...

It's all very strange, this uncovering of deeds and actions of long ago. But then, there is to be an election....so I suppose the typical election rules apply.

Glad the link amused :D

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

It did, thank you so much!

*grins* Ratze can be used to mean "rat" in German, so Ratzinger is sort of a "ratling". I find that amusing enough.

As for the other stuff; I'm not surprised. Not overly shocked, though, either. I suppose the truth is somewhere in the middle...