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   Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 01:44:24 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

   People confuse etymology with entomology all of the time.

   I have no words for how much that bugs me.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 01:45:02 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     DON'T YOU JUDGE ME!!!!

     I already know that's a horrible pun.

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     Over The Rainbow 🍆 (rainbowwarrior@gaycity.lgbt)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 02:09:47 JST Over The Rainbow 🍆

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     @Mrfunkedude

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     Fayedray (fayedray@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 09:48:27 JST Fayedray

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     @Mrfunkedude

     *Long suffering sigh* *clapping*

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 10:05:59 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     • Fayedray

     @Fayedray Hey, I'm not happy about it either.

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     Allen Stenhaus (allenstenhaus@oddballs.vip)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 10:10:13 JST Allen Stenhaus

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     @Mrfunkedude That's how I feel when people start hurling bigoted epithets at a funeral.

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     Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 17:05:36 JST Howard Chu @ Symas

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     @Mrfunkedude you'd have to trace pretty far back into the past to figure out why it bugs you so much

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     Ponder Stibbons 🇧🇷🇩🇪 (blackcoffeerider@social.saarland)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 22:50:41 JST Ponder Stibbons 🇧🇷🇩🇪

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     • Propofolium

     @Propofolium
     @Mrfunkedude

     I think you all spider. Bad puns are the roots of all weevil.

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     Propofolium (propofolium@medibubble.org)'s status on Friday, 24-Feb-2023 22:50:42 JST Propofolium

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     @Mrfunkedude

     Actually, it's pretty fly...

     I'll show myself out.

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     Z̈oé ⛵ (uint8_t@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 03:42:49 JST Z̈oé ⛵

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     @Mrfunkedude the worst is when you accidentally summon the wrong superhero https://xkcd.com/1012

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     scuba_nut53@mindly.social's status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 06:40:19 JST scuba_nut53

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     @Mrfunkedude

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     Petra Kahn?️‍⚧️ (citizenkahn@tech.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 06:52:26 JST Petra Kahn?️‍⚧️

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     @Mrfunkedude or entemensology. The study and consumption of baked goods. Schstchruuudle for the win

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 12:48:37 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     How does this old ass joke still have legs?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 20:06:20 JST clacke

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     • Propofolium
     • Ponder Stibbons 🇧🇷🇩🇪
     @blackcoffeerider @Propofolium @Mrfunkedude You mean this thread is spinning out of control?
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     Zeem (zeem@meow.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 20:07:02 JST Zeem

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     • Z̈oé ⛵

     @uint8_t @Mrfunkedude I admit I didn't know the difference (or what either word meant in the first place tbh) but this comic illustrates it wonderfully

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     Marco van Burgsteden 🍋 (marrekoo@urbanists.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Feb-2023 20:08:07 JST Marco van Burgsteden 🍋

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     @Mrfunkedude Especially at spelling bees.

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     Karen E. Lund 💙💛 (karen5lund@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 00:13:15 JST Karen E. Lund 💙💛

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     @Mrfunkedude I have a BA in English. I know a naturalist at a local museum whose specialty is insects.

     Now I'm thinking we should collaborate on a book about the origin of insect names...

     The Etymology of Entomology!

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     Ponder Stibbons 🇧🇷🇩🇪 (blackcoffeerider@social.saarland)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 14:48:53 JST Ponder Stibbons 🇧🇷🇩🇪

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     • Propofolium

     @clacke
     Yes also that ?. But the first sentence is actually german "bad simple English". If you want to say "I think you are all crazy here" one would say: "Ich denke ihr spinnt hier alle" which is often literally misstranslated: "I think you all spider".
     @Mrfunkedude @Propofolium

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     PTEC3D (ptec3d@mastodon.au)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 15:11:30 JST PTEC3D

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     @Mrfunkedude must be a holdover from the Mesozoic when thesauruses still roamed..

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     Aleksei � Matiushkin (mudasobwa@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 15:55:26 JST Aleksei � Matiushkin

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     @Mrfunkedude

     The etiology says ethology might have an explanation of why is that.

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     Gary McMeekin (garymcm@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Feb-2023 21:25:54 JST Gary McMeekin

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     • Mike Masnick ✅

     @Mrfunkedude @mmasnick as a fly fisherman, I can assure that only one will catch you a trout.

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     Fish Head (scottakenhead@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:53:18 JST Fish Head

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     @Mrfunkedude
     I need a way to follow EVERYONE who responded to this with yet more egregious puns.
     Glad to be on masto!

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     James Westman (flyingpimonster@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 11:53:58 JST James Westman

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     @Mrfunkedude As part of an interdisciplinary research project, an etymologist and an entomologist entered a spelling bee into a spelling bee.

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     Mr. Funk E. Dude (mrfunkedude@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 11:56:14 JST Mr. Funk E. Dude

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     I write this 10 days ago and this old bad pun is still moving thru the fediverse.

     Crazy.