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OT Why is a gyroscope called a gyroscope?

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mm

Jan 1, 1970
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OT Why is a gyroscope called a gyroscope? When it doesn't have a
scope.
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why is a gyroscope called a gyroscope?
When it doesn't have a scope?

According to the OED... "An instrument designed to illustrate the dynamics
of rotating bodies..."

illustrate = show --> "scope"
 
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N_Cook

Jan 1, 1970
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mm said:
OT Why is a gyroscope called a gyroscope? When it doesn't have a
scope.


Why is pulchritudinous such an ugly word ?
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
you fucking idiot?

A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.
 
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Thomas Tornblom

Jan 1, 1970
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William Sommerwerck said:
A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing etymology with
entomology? ;)
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
How did insects enter into this? Or are you confusing
etymology with entomology? ;)

A joke is no longer a joker when you explain it...
 
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PeterD

Jan 1, 1970
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A gyroscope isn't an insect, you moron.

Well that reply was a little buggy:

et·y·mol·o·gy (t-ml-j)
n. pl. et·y·mol·o·gies
1. The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown
by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in
form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to
another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and
reconstructing its ancestral form where possible.
2. The branch of linguistics that deals with etymologies.

***A classic reason why one should never, ever drink and post on
Usenet...***
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
A joke is not a joke if there is no explanation...

It's assumed the disentanglement occurs in the listener's mind...
 
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mm

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word you fucking idiot?

Greek - Gyros, circular or rotation. Scope -Skopeein, to see.

Do you think I don't know that already? It doesn't answer my
question. William's answer gave a conection. Thank you, William.
Are you really so fucking lonely you need attention this badly?

I could ask the same thing about you, given that you're about the only
one who uses profanity on this ng. Repeatedly. Trying to get
attention? You sound like you're about to blow your cork. I'm not a
doctor but maybe tranquilizers would help.
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.
Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.
Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
Yeah real fucking funny asshole. Nice back pedal.
Well, not actually nice, but pathetic.

There was no backpedalling. It was a joke from the beginning.
 
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David Nebenzahl

Jan 1, 1970
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William, don't waste your time. He is just another angry little troll
from news:alt.usenet.kooks

Oh? I thought he might have been a friend of Phil Allison's--or at least
someone on the same meds ...
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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Why don't you look up the etymology of the word,
I never did understand American humour ... :-|

I think the Reverend Dodgson would have gotten it...
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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The use of a smiley face :-) or a said:
made it crystal clear. Just calling someone a moron is
doing it without a grin. You wouldn't call someone a moron
to their face without some kind of grin, same here.

So it's okay for you to call someone a fucking idiot, but you don't like
being called a moron, even as part of a joke?

"The Virginian", you are not.
 
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PeterD

Jan 1, 1970
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It's assumed the disentanglement occurs in the listener's mind...

I think it only happened in your mind, not anyone else's... <g>
 
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PeterD

Jan 1, 1970
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I never did understand American humour ... :-|

Arfa

There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up, then tried to make a
joke of it. It fell flat.
 
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PeterD

Jan 1, 1970
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Entomology (from Greek ???????, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces
or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -?????, -logia[1]) is the
scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology.
Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and
meaning have changed over time.
Next time you want to insult me better have your facts straight,
cocksucker.

I'm not a cocksucker. And I was making a joke.

Just like the rest of the politicans: repeat a lie enough and it
becomes true. So keep saying it: "It was a joke..."
 
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William Sommerwerck

Jan 1, 1970
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There was no humor there. Sommerwerck screwed up,
then tried to make a joke of it. It fell flat.

I did not screw up. Shall we whip out our vocabularies and see whose is
larger? I have two printed copies of the OED (plus the digital 2nd),
thesauri galore, etc. I am a word-lover -- a logophile -- of more than
50-years' standing. What are /your/ qualifications?

I should have learned by now that any attempt at even fairly obvious humor
on UseNet almost always fails.
 
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