Author Topic: sneezes? (Read 741 times)

MPTheory · « **on:** April 12, 2002, 08:42:54 AM »

so yeah, I was wondering... Why do you think they call sneezes, sneezes? It doesnt make any sence. a cough sounds like a cough, a burp sounds like a burp. and a hickup sounds like a hickup.....I think we sould change it to the "ah choos"! whos with me?

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2002, 08:46:52 AM »

.........uhh...........................

MPTheory · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2002, 08:57:05 AM »

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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
.........uhh...........................

hey cool, how did you get so many posts?

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2002, 09:28:48 AM »

keep posting $hit like this and maybe you\'ll find out

« **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2002, 10:16:30 AM »

I agree with Bob... we should call it "..............uh........"

Cause that\'s what you say right before you sneeze!!!
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We should call spam that too

« **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2002, 10:25:47 AM »

Can anybody say spam?

Who cares why we call it a sneeze. We just do, so live with it.

videoholic · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2002, 11:54:41 AM »

LUKE WAS SUPPOSE TO FIND OUT FOR ME, BUT HE HAS LET ME DOWN.

Sorry about Caps Lock.. Bite me..

Anyway, where does HORNEY come from? Why are you HORNEY when you want to shoot your wad? Makes no sense to me and I can\'t find it anywhere on the net.

« **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2002, 11:57:41 AM »

MAN I TRIED!

I even asked sarah and she didnt know and i looked online and couldnt find anything!

« **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2002, 12:04:25 PM »

I find what resembles an upright horn in my trousers when I get overly exited but I don’t think that would explain “HORNEY” for woman.

nO-One · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2002, 12:42:13 PM »

well I did find this after a 15 second google search.

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Spotlight on...
Snout, Snort, Sniff, Snuff, Sniffle, Snuffle, Snore, Snitch, Sneeze, Snot...

What do all of these words have in common? Apart from beginning with sn-, they are all connected with the nose. It seems that all Indo-European languages share this property, so it makes sense to assume that there was an ancient Indo-European root *sna "nose". Even in Tibet sNa means nose. The word nose itself, along with its nasal relatives, may be part of this same complex, the n and s having changed places by a process which linguists call metathesis

« **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2002, 02:20:20 PM »

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Originally posted by project86

Did anyone else find that disturbing?

nO-One · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2002, 04:13:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Vapor Snake
Did anyone else find that disturbing?

not at all man I did that all the time as a kid....hell I still do

« **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2002, 04:33:31 PM »

To Elaborate on nO-One\'s answer:

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\\Sneeze\\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sneezing.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne[\'o]san.]

[Middle English snesen, alteration of fnesen, from Old English fnosan. See pneu- in Indo-European Roots.]

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It\'s got an unkown origin, but is has to do with the origin of the word, back to it\'s roots, etc.

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2002, 05:12:48 PM »

well.. MPTheory.. dont you look stupid now..

videoholic · « **Reply #14 on:** April 13, 2002, 02:41:45 AM »

Since you all did so well with Sneeze, help me with Horney gosh darnit!!

Hello

Author Topic: sneezes? (Read 741 times)