might fuck around and start using etymologies as a form of divination
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hmm so you say you want a girlfriend? well. let's see what the entire history of the english language has to say about that, shall we?
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"girlfriend" is of course "girl" + "friend". the etymology of "girl" is... unknown? welp, sucks. let's check the etymology of "friend" then
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"friend" is derived from a proto-indo-european root meaning "to love." from this we infer that even in friendship, but especially in girlfriendship, one must be prepared to love and be loved
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the same PIE root is also present in "friday". friday is the day of frigg, the germanic goddess of married love; from this we infer that friday is the most auspicious day to meet one's future wife, perhaps the most auspicious day to marry
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the same PIE root is *also* present in "free". delicious. in order to love and be loved one must be free, and it is in love that one finds freedom; seek not to bind your lover with chains, lest ye crush what is lovely in them
(unless that's what they're into i guess)
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Oh you think etymology is a suitable basis for an epistemology? Well did you know that one comes from the greek 'etumos' meaning 'true' and the other from 'episteme' meaning knowledge therefore the only true epistemology is etymology so you would be correct sir.
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nah manic word salad only cares about apparent similarity, miss me with those false cognates
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