A linguistic concept that just occurred to me
Why do we capitalize "I," but not "me?"
61-69, M
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TheRealBarbossa · 36-40, T
Why is "umpteen" used as a number of unknown value, often as if to say "any number you can think of" when it literally ends with "teen"?
It sounds like an impossibly high number, but the fact it ends in "teen" actually means it's anywhere between 13 and 19 🤷
It sounds like an impossibly high number, but the fact it ends in "teen" actually means it's anywhere between 13 and 19 🤷
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
@TheRealBarbossa The word that used to be used as a placeholder for an unknown value was "umpty." It was quickly paired with -teen.