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The cock roach (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/funny

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

This is an example of folk etymology. The original word was Spanish cucaracha, but English speakers couldn't make anything meaningful of that when they borrowed it into English, and so they folk etymologized it into cock "male chicken" and roach "a type of fish", that sounds similar enough to cucaracha to be reasonable.

The same thing happened to Cayo Hueso "Bone Key" as "Key West", for example.

[–] TriflingToad 12 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I hate that THAT is acceptable but when I combine "no one" to "noone" someone HAS to call me out for it and act like English never changes to become easier

it's extremely petty but I'm still mad about it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Do you hate it.... alot?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People like you should of never been born

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah let these gentlemen cook. I don’t get mad when people can’t do math and destroy the economy, but make one spelling or grammar error online and it’s over.