The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 29 days agoA bunch of collective nounslemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down111
arrow-up1375arrow-down1imageA bunch of collective nounslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 29 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·29 days agoIt’s even easier than that with most people I know They just describe multiples of individual animals, objects, places or things collectively as just … stuff Flock of geese? … stuff A stack of books? … stuff group of cars? … stuff A planet? … stuff A solar system? … stuff A galaxy? … stuff A galactic neighbourhood? … stuff The universe? … stuff
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·29 days ago The universe? … stuff I think George Carlin would say that the universe is a place for your stuff.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-229 days agoNo, it’s my stuff, your shit. Whenever it’s mine, it’s stuff. Whenever it’s yours, it’s shit. ie. “Get your shit off the counter so I can put my stuff down.” Source: ol Gorgie Boy
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoWhere else would I put my stuff?
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoI never disagree with ol’ Georgie
minus-squareweker01@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-229 days agoSounds like German plane - flying stuff Lighter - fire stuff Vehicle - driving stuff
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·29 days agolol … I’m Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook … ‘the thing that flies’ Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik … ‘the thing that turns fast’
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoWhen the stuff hits your stuff like a very stuff stuff, that’s stuff.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoYeah I know … like stuff … I dunno … shrugs shoulders and walks away
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoDo those people count “one, two, many, lots”?
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·29 days agoI once knew a person that ended almost every sentence they could with, “and stuff”. I don’t think I’ve ever used the phrase since.
It’s even easier than that with most people I know
They just describe multiples of individual animals, objects, places or things collectively as just … stuff
Flock of geese? … stuff
A stack of books? … stuff
group of cars? … stuff
A planet? … stuff
A solar system? … stuff
A galaxy? … stuff
A galactic neighbourhood? … stuff
The universe? … stuff
I think George Carlin would say that the universe is a place for your stuff.
No, it’s my stuff, your shit. Whenever it’s mine, it’s stuff. Whenever it’s yours, it’s shit. ie. “Get your shit off the counter so I can put my stuff down.”
Source: ol Gorgie Boy
Where else would I put my stuff?
I never disagree with ol’ Georgie
Sounds like German
plane - flying stuff
Lighter - fire stuff
Vehicle - driving stuff
lol … I’m Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree
This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe
Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook … ‘the thing that flies’
Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik … ‘the thing that turns fast’
When the stuff hits your stuff like a very stuff stuff, that’s stuff.
Yeah I know … like stuff … I dunno … shrugs shoulders and walks away
Do those people count “one, two, many, lots”?
I once knew a person that ended almost every sentence they could with, “and stuff”. I don’t think I’ve ever used the phrase since.