• marcos@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      A <- ox

      B <- house

      C <- some kind of weapon we don’t even have a name anymore

      D <- fish

      And so on. This set has been running around for half of the world for thousands of years and yet nobody thinks it’s a problem.

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      I wonder what other artefacts like that we have.

      I’m sure some streamers use “Tune in”, which refers to radio dialing.

      “Dashboard” means a whole lot of things, but originally meant a board on a carriage that prevents mud from being “dashed” up to the passengers by horses (I think).

      Uh…“meal” is literally a kind of grain that most people probably don’t eat regularly at all, let alone 3x a day.