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Etymology: wyvern = wife? ;-D

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

 

The usual spelling wyvern (older wivern too) is not attested before the 17th century as 'winged two-footed dragon'.[2] It is an alteration of Middle English wyvere, wyver (13th century), loanword of Old French wivre (French guivre and vouivre), itself from Latin vipera 'viper', 'adder', 'asp',[3][4] altered in Proto-French to *wipera by Germanic influence (see Old High German wipera).

 

Wives - sometimes they are angels, sometimes they are snakes, sometimes they breathe fire. :lol:

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And sometimes they won't marry you:-) So no soup, er I mean wyvern for you

 

If you're too young, check this out ( a reference to soup)

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That's pretty funny. The stuff I watched from Seinfeld was disappointing. People say the show gets better with time, or that its humor from a different era. But soup nazi is a funny idea.

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Errm ... nope ... no etymological connect.

 

wife (n.)
Old English wif "woman," from Proto-Germanic *wiban (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wif, Old Norse vif, Danish and Swedish viv, Middle Dutch, Dutch wijf, Old High German wib, German Weib), of uncertain origin. Dutch wijf now means, in slang, "girl, babe,"

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Errm ... nope ... no etymological connect.

 

wife (n.)

Old English wif "woman," from Proto-Germanic *wiban (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wif, Old Norse vif, Danish and Swedish viv, Middle Dutch, Dutch wijf, Old High German wib, German Weib), of uncertain origin. Dutch wijf now means, in slang, "girl, babe,"

 

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The last time I was in Germany "wib" was still being used.

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The last time I was in Germany "wib" was still being used.

Did you get a chance to talk to Bismarck? :P

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No, but I did see Nietzsche's ghost.

 

 

Was that before or after Archduke Ferdinand got shot?

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Was that before or after Archduke Ferdinand got shot?

Not sure. I wasn't aware of the shooting. (Some people never get the word.)

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Also, according to wikipedia, this demon tempted buddha by trying to seduce him with the visions of beautiful women.

 

So, what's this all about?

I don't know what to say except during my younger years I rather enjoyed being seduced. And no, it really didn't matter too much what her name was.

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Oh for FFS ... I truly wish insecure men would stop externalizing and projecting their BS fear of women by demonizing them.

 

WOMEN ARE AWESOME !! THEY CAN HAVE SEX FOR LONGER THAN YOU !! THEY CAN GIVE BIRTH !! THEY BLEED ONCE A MONTH !! THEY ARE MYSTERIOUS !!

 

Get the HELL over it !!!

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Not sure. I wasn't aware of the shooting. (Some people never get the word.)

 

Really? I thought it was heard around the world.

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Really? I thought it was heard around the world.

I heard of the Fukushima incident in June 2011.

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I heard of the Fukushima incident in June 2011.

 

 

I heard the Big Bang when I was having breakfast.

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Mara sounds very much like Satan.

 

There are some similiarities... Mara is a tempter. There are a lot of similarities between religions.

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