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I am in the process of buying out the office building and restaurant materials and something strange has occured to me...why is it that when you order something that has to be delivered by car it is called a shipment, and when you order something by ship it is called cargo?
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Cargo: from Late Latin carricare via the Spanish cargar meaning "to load."
Ship from Old English scip via middle Danish (skepp) and Old High German schiff meaning "to send or transport by ship."Twisted Sister
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In canis corpos transmuto.Ian AugustineComment
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E cannibis unum.
Leave your dog's body outta this!Twisted Sister
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Its kind of like how you park in a driveway and drive down a parkway.
Hmmm see it make perfect sense...doesnt it?
or... a will call order. I laugh when I am asked if I am the will call order. I tend to reply, no I did call, I am here to pick it up. many times the guy behind the counter just doesn't get my attempt at humor.
it seems to me it should be a "did call order"
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Good stuff... you would think that the english language would have enough respect for us to make some sense...lol. Why is it that when it is in your hemisphere it is an asteroid, and when it is in your ass it is called a hemeroid?...lol ...Why a pair of panties... but only one bra?Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.Comment
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had a comment about bras and burning. then remembered this is a family site LOL
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Seems like someone with Ship High In Transit in their name should understand all this better than anyone else.
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Pair of panties comes from the number of legs that fit through the holes like a pair of pants.Originally posted by Sonny View Post
[Now for the facts.
First of all, let's note there is a class of objects that are thought to consist of two independent but connected parts, usually identical or at least similar to each other. In addition to pants and trousers, there are eyeglasses, scissors, tweezers, shears, pliers, and so on.
The terms for these objects are always plural in form, and they are usually referred to as "a pair of ...." This usage goes back to at least 1297 AD, when we have the expression "a peire of hosen."
The implication is that the two parts are separable in some sense, and in fact a pair of hose can often mean two separate pieces.In contrast to trousers, a shirt is thought of mainly as a covering for the torso, and may or may not have sleeves. Hence no pair.
The "pair of ..." designation is somewhat arbitrarily applied. At one time it was common to speak of a pair of compasses (for drawing), a pair of nutcrackers, or a pair of bellows. But I would venture to say that in the U.S., at least, these expressions are dying out.
On the other hand, we do speak of a pair of panties, even though panties aren't really a pair of anything, having (usually) no legs. But clearly this is merely an extension of the expression, "pair of pants."
Further confusing matters is "a dozen pairs of rosaries," even though there are 50-some beads. This harks back to an old use of the word "pair" to mean "a set of more than two like or equal things making a whole."]Last edited by 14J; 06-25-2009, 01:34 PM.Comment
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somebody went to a better school than I did. ROFL
Or maybe he just paid more attention. LOL
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Or, just young enough to have the brain capacity to remember
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or just maybe we have killed off too many brain cells over the yearsOriginally posted by Kev43V View Post"Ask anyone, I have no friends. I do have some people that put up with me and mostly because they like the rest of my family"
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