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minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoWhen everything’s going just right, it’s literally unremarkable, so we don’t have a word for that.
minus-squareNeil@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBut why was it marked in the first place? Who erased it?
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agohaha wordplay is funny The operative root word here is re·mark /rəˈmärk/ verb say something as a comment; mention. ““Tom’s looking tired,” she remarked” synonyms: comment, say, observe, mention, reflect, state, declare, announce,
minus-squareNeil@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI love the etymology dictionary for this reason. Turns out this one is probably French in origin meaning ‘to mark.’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/remark#etymonline_v_10397
When everything’s going just right, it’s literally unremarkable, so we don’t have a word for that.
But why was it marked in the first place? Who erased it?
haha wordplay is funny
The operative root word here is
re·mark /rəˈmärk/ verb
say something as a comment; mention.
““Tom’s looking tired,” she remarked”
synonyms: comment, say, observe, mention, reflect, state, declare, announce,
I love the etymology dictionary for this reason. Turns out this one is probably French in origin meaning ‘to mark.’
https://www.etymonline.com/word/remark#etymonline_v_10397