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Why do we name things the way we name them? - Feat - 07-28-2013
One example I was thinking about was: Internet
Like, we get most of our words from Latin words mixed but WHY do we use like 40 different languages just to make ours?
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - Feat - 07-28-2013
What the fuck is wrong with you Ghetto, could you at least speak proper English?
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - w00t - 07-29-2013
First language to have a name for something is the one that gets widely used, for the most part.
INTERconnected NETwork.
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - 3SidedSquare - 07-29-2013
Because Latin and Greek didn't have all the words we needed
In the case of internet,
inter- across
net - referring to how a network of computers could be physically visualized as a grid of nodes, and cables connecting them, a little like any other kind of net.
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - Oni - 07-29-2013
(07-29-2013, 09:21 AM)3SidedSquare Wrote: Because Latin and Greek didn't have all the words we needed
In the case of internet,
inter- across
net - referring to how a network of computers could be physically visualized as a grid of nodes, and cables connecting them, a little like any other kind of net.
Best answer, really. As society develops, so do the languages we use.
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - Feat - 07-29-2013
Da, I see not guis. Thanks, but I really think our language is retarded.
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - 303315 - 07-30-2013
(07-29-2013, 12:43 PM)Oni Wrote: Best answer, really. As society develops, so do the languages we use.
Net... Like a intertwining bits of rope that create something for a higher purpose...
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - ProTech - 07-30-2013
Always wondered where the word "Rotten" came from..
Btw. if I should explain where the internet came from it would be like this:
"It comes from the word Spiderweb / Net because you are able to stick things on there, and it stays there until you removes it"
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - Combo - 07-31-2013
Why is Latin named Latin?
Why are Aliens named Aliens.
It's all strange.
RE: Why do we name things the way we name them? - Nuance - 07-31-2013
A lot of it is based on aesthetic.
How does a word make you feel when you say it?
What message does it convey when you put a certain emphasis on it?
This is how most emotionally based words came about.
As far as technical words, most of them are multiple words that have been mutated and warped together.
that is where prefixes and suffixes and compound words come in to play.