Posted on 11/27/2014 10:16:00 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Kind of reminds of the myth of the police arresting prostitutes “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.” There are other moron entymologies I’ve heard over the years but only this one comes to mind right now.
Entymologies = Etymologies
I’ve got one.
Homosexuals are called “faggots” because these little bundles of brushwood were what were used to burn them at the stake.
This is despite the fact that the term began to be used in its modern sense only in the 20th century, at which point it had been some centuries since sodomites were burned anywhere.
And they had rarely, if ever, been burned in English-speaking countries.
We hanged ‘em, just like witches.
I prefer to call it negro coffee.
Anybody objecting would be definition be anti-Hispanic.
LOL! What an idiot!
Would like to note I believe such to be highly unlikely.
However, if somebody wants to bring this about, I find it difficult to imagine better tactics than those most blacks and liberals are using. KKK could not possibly improve on them.
“We hanged ‘em, just like witches.”
Witches were born that way, they did not choose to be Witches”
Not exactly.
Standard IQ tests have to be recalibrated every decade or so to keep the average score at 100. Otherwise it creeps upwards.
This is called the Flynn Effect.
It is estimated that if today's IQ tests were administered to Americans in 1932, when the first tests were given, their average score would be around 80.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
The reasons behind this effect are debated, but for the most part not its existence. And of course any real-world implictions depend on how accurately you believe IQ tests measure "intelligence," whatever that is.
BTW, this effect applies across the world and across subgroups. For instance, today's American blacks would on average score higher than 1932 whites, but the average gap between black and white scores has remained consistent over time.
I prefer the first way you spelled it.
Actually, in most African cultures, that’s exactly what they believe.
Witchcraft or sorcery is more or less beyond the control of the Witch, who must be killed anyway to stop the evil. Kind of a drastic form of quarantine.
To update Jesus, “Google and ye shall find.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_false_etymologies
Fine. Let's just make it White Friday.
That’s a perfect example. This might an interesting thread on its own.
And while we’re at it let’s call on the casinos in Vegas and Atlentic City, as well as the Indian-run casinos to ban the game of BLACK jack because, well because....HMM, it just SOUNDS racist.
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