Things That Dawned on You Belatedly

[LCF]

Just realized Nero is cognate to Nart, like the Nart sagas

I'll tell you a story about that one day.

 

[Issacus Divus]

Good, I need to hear it.

 

[Hemo Rusticus]

Just realized Nero is cognate to Nart, like the Nart sagas

Never heard of that. Sounds really awesome. Wish I knew more about the langs of non-IE Asia.

 

[Hemo Rusticus]

Of which there are quite too many to count.

 

[Hemo Rusticus]

Reminds me of the Kyrgyz light in Gravity’s Rainbow, which I’m overdue to re-read.

 

[Terry S.]

And how is "The Wisconsin Purchase" going for you?

 

[Pacifica]

Having been familiar with the Arabic verb أمر, amara, "he commanded", for a few weeks, I only just realized that it must be related to "emir".

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

And therefore 'admiral'. But you knew that from Milton, where it's spelt more etymologically 'ammiral' or something like that.

 

[Pacifica]

And therefore 'admiral'. But you knew that from Milton, where it's spelt more etymologically 'ammiral' or something like that.

I had forgotten, but now I remember you mentioning it before.

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Very much learnt rather than realised, but I didn't know why British medics use bm to refer to blood sugar measurement. The B has nothing to do with blood, but refers to the fact that the strips used to measure the level used to be manufactured by Boehringer Mannheim, a company since taken over by Roche. There appears to be a campaign to use bg (blood glucose) instead, but nobody's listening. I have been told that in Australia bsl (blood sugar level) is used; @Cinefactus can probably confirm or deny this. Everyone else has probably fallen asleep.

 

[Notascooby]

Just realised the derivation of placebo and nocebo. Very cool.

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

The 1970s revue Oh! Calcutta! took its name from this painting. The title is a pun.

 

[Hemo Rusticus]

Oh, quel cul tu as? Am I close?

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Spot on.

 

[Pacifica]

Seeing the Arabic word قيظ defined as "heat in summer" just made me realize the etymological relationship between aestus and aestas.

 

[Terry S.]

Dracula <- draco