Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to memes@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoA language like a set of building blocks.feddit.orgimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1449
arrow-up1449imageA language like a set of building blocks.feddit.orgHofmaimaier@feddit.org to memes@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareVintor@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·edit-212 hours agoReally, nobody is going to point out that “cupboard” = “cup” + “board”?
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 hours agoThe issue that makes it less intuitive is the “board” part. I’d assume a “cupboard” used to be a shelf, a board for putting cups on, but it evolved to have wooden walls around it so is it really a “board” anymore?
minus-squareMercury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoAnd if that board rots away and is gradually replaced, at what point does it cease to be the original board?
minus-squaree0qdk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 hours agoThe board is still there, but “cupbox” might be more accurate. 🤔️
Really, nobody is going to point out that “cupboard” = “cup” + “board”?
The issue that makes it less intuitive is the “board” part. I’d assume a “cupboard” used to be a shelf, a board for putting cups on, but it evolved to have wooden walls around it so is it really a “board” anymore?
And if that board rots away and is gradually replaced, at what point does it cease to be the original board?
The cupboard of Theseus
The board is still there, but “cupbox” might be more accurate. 🤔️