A Completely New Theory of American History
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Playing online Scrabble. I turned colon into colonial. Got to wondering if that's where the word colonial came from. As the Brits sent their criminal classes to Australia, might they have sent their shitty class to the colonies?
Oh wait. Colonies. Called that because they became populated by the shitty people.
See how nicely it fits?
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Playing online Scrabble. I turned colon into colonial. Got to wondering if that's where the word colonial came from. As the Brits sent their criminal classes to Australia, might they have sent their shitty class to the colonies?
Oh wait. Colonies. Called that because they became populated by the shitty people.
See how nicely it fits?
@Catseye3 said in A Completely New Theory of American History:
Playing online Scrabble. I turned colon into colonial. Got to wondering if that's where the word colonial came from. As the Brits sent their criminal classes to Australia, might they have sent their shitty class to the colonies?
Oh wait. Colonies. Called that because they became populated by the shitty people.
See how nicely it fits?
LOL
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I used to think so. Christopher Columbus was known in Spanish as Cristobal Colón. Colonia is colony in Spanish. (Remember, even though he was a WOP he worked for the Spanish crown).
But alas it’s from the Latin colere (cultivate) -> colonus (settler, farmer) -> colonia (settlement, farm)
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I used to think so. Christopher Columbus was known in Spanish as Cristobal Colón. Colonia is colony in Spanish. (Remember, even though he was a WOP he worked for the Spanish crown).
But alas it’s from the Latin colere (cultivate) -> colonus (settler, farmer) -> colonia (settlement, farm)
@jon-nyc said in A Completely New Theory of American History:
I used to think so. Christopher Columbus was known in Spanish as Cristobal Colón. Colonia is colony in Spanish. (Remember, even though he was a WOP he worked for the Spanish crown).
But alas it’s from the Latin colere (cultivate) -> colonus (settler, farmer) -> colonia (settlement, farm)
Actually looking up etymology FTW.
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Playing online Scrabble. I turned colon into colonial. Got to wondering if that's where the word colonial came from. As the Brits sent their criminal classes to Australia, might they have sent their shitty class to the colonies?
Oh wait. Colonies. Called that because they became populated by the shitty people.
See how nicely it fits?
@Catseye3 said in A Completely New Theory of American History:
I turned colon into colonial. Got to wondering if that's where the word colonial came from. As the Brits sent their criminal classes to Australia, might they have sent their shitty class to the colonies?
colon (n.2)
"large intestine," late 14c., from Latin colon, Latinized form of Greek kolon (with a short initial -o-) "large intestine," which is of unknown origin.
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