Comparing the culture we have today with cavemen, or the renaissance era could be contrived as ethnology.
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E.g. You want to test if a woman is a witch. You burn witches, but you also burn wood. This means witches burn because they are made of wood. Wood also floats in water, just like a duck. So therefore, if she weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood, and is therefore a witch. Now you must weigh her on a set of large scales with a duck, and if they weigh the same, she is guilty of being a witch.
E.g. You want to test if a woman is a witch. You burn witches, but you also burn wood. This means witches burn because they are made of wood. Wood also floats in water, just like a duck. So therefore, if she weighs the same as a duck, then she is made out of wood, and is therefore a witch. Now you must weigh her on a set of large scales with a duck, and if they weigh the same, she is guilty of being a witch.
Well, Bernard, that is some Monty Pythonesque application of the principles of logic and etymology right there!
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when one studies/checks out the nature of a attractive man or woman ,it is done in the name of edenology
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Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed.
A word often misused and mispronounced 'entymology' which is the study of insects!
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed.
A word often misused and mispronounced 'entymology' which is the study of insects!
Etymology in action:
"The etymologist spent hours describing the origin of the word "nice" to the students. Unfortunately no one understood what he was talking about and were all in a deep slumber after 10 minutes."
"The dean spent weeks trying to track down the entymologist to give a lecture on the derivation of the word 'aunt.' When the entymologist finally arrived discussing the workings of one of the most interesting insects on Earth, the dean was promptly fired for being a fraud."
"The etymologist spent hours describing the origin of the word "nice" to the students. Unfortunately no one understood what he was talking about and were all in a deep slumber after 10 minutes."
"The dean spent weeks trying to track down the entymologist to give a lecture on the derivation of the word 'aunt.' When the entymologist finally arrived discussing the workings of one of the most interesting insects on Earth, the dean was promptly fired for being a fraud."
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the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions
one who studies the habits of his less cerebral peers
the scientific and objective study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions
one who studies the habits of his less cerebral peers
one who sips espressos with a large book on the table and remarks on the curiosity of the urban distinctions in that particular locale that looks like an Ethologist over there ignore him
a stuck up middle class undergraduate student who's aim is to dissect the bourgeousie lingual dialects at his school
any of a variety of Atheist supremacists Ethologist Atheists
a stuck up middle class undergraduate student who's aim is to dissect the bourgeousie lingual dialects at his school
any of a variety of Atheist supremacists Ethologist Atheists
by greekmangeek February 12, 2010
Get the Ethologist mug.Edenology is defined as a 7-part calculating system that tracks The Creation of The first human, Adam, The beginning of human history. This system records Adam from The Land of Eden in Year 0, to The Resurrection of Christ in Year 4205. These times are equated to 4172 BC-33 AD. The times and dates are provided by Messianic Hebrew Scriptures.
Edenology is The study of all things related to Eden.
"He studied Edenology to prove The Earth was thousands of years old and not millions."
"He studied Edenology to prove The Earth was thousands of years old and not millions."
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Not to be confused with "entomology", the study of bugs. "Entymology" is not a word, despite what the other definition says.
Not to be confused with "entomology", the study of bugs. "Entymology" is not a word, despite what the other definition says.
The etymologist pointed out that his profession could not be entomology because "entomology" comes from the Ancient Greek word "entomos", meaning "cut", whereas "etymology" came from the Ancient Greek word "etúmos", meaning "true"
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