The Strange language ¿
“It’s funny we take something like the language we usually speak in for granted. Do we ever stop to question why certain words mean what they mean or why some phrases even imply what they do?”
Have you ever thought how a phrase became a thing? I have been thinking about this for months and I was amused by some of it. Here are some of it
Driving down
Running late for class
Start from scratch
I have a flight to catch
You made it here
Take a shower
Its taking time
These are some of the phrases which we find it easy to tell it aloud and everyone in the room will understand what it means. But everyone gets confused if you ask the person to explain how these phrases are born or meaning of it. 🤯
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“Running late for class” — What does this mean? If someone says this, wouldn’t the answers be to take a cab?🤦 I tried finding how the phase was made but no luck. But everyone thinks it right!
“I have a flight to catch” — What does this mean?
Flight — the action or process of flying through the air.
Catch — Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).
Who even thought about this?
When I discuss most of these phrases with people, they find it so tough to explain or break it down and understand how that bunch of words came to mean what the phrase conveys. Maybe because it’s convention or maybe because that's how they learned it or used it while talking, the colloquial usage of most of these phrases has never been questioned! 🤔
Not just phrase, there are some words which are really confusing, Some of these words can be used in 2 or more context, It makes sense along the sentence but if you break it down to the meaning of it, then it will make you laugh! 🤣
Close — close the door, I am so close to car
Watch — How is my watch, watch me, Not on my watch
Parties — Political parties, Lets go for the parties
Hot — Its Hot here, You are Hot
Nail — I Nailed it, Nail
Screw — Screw you, Where is the screw
Left — Egg is left out
and more Clean, Flat, Hold, Can, Wire, Blow, , Solution, Fine, Damn, Park, Monitor
