• Birion (unregistered)
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  • (nodebb)

    Claude has a lot of odd words. I've seen it say "Claudeing" on occasion

  • (nodebb)

    I was going to submit the USPS one, but figured someone else will. Glad I was right on that.

    Also, was being lazy about getting the screenshot of the subject.

  • Jason Stringify (unregistered)

    ""The USPS offers a sincerely service..." Did Adam really want to say that? I have no idea what it means.

  • Hmmmm (unregistered)

    "sincerely [useful] service" ?

    As for Claude, quit roosting on the job!! Actually, the word origins for both "roosting" and "resting", which I might have thought were slowly-split evolutions of the same word, aren't connected and their origins are neat:

    Roosting

    • Old English: Comes from hrōst.
    • Meaning: Meant "wooden framework of a roof."
    • Perch: Specifically referred to the rafters of a house.
    • Birds: Birds regularly settled on these high wooden beams.
    • Verb: Shifted to mean birds settling for sleep [1300s].

    Resting

    • Old English: Comes from rest or ræst.
    • Proto-Germanic: Root is *rasto-.
    • Measure: Originally meant a league or a distance measure.
    • Distance: The distance one walks before needing a break.
    • Shift: Evolved from the distance to the break itself.
    • Peace: Connected to German Rast and Dutch rust.

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