Words Becoming Strange &/or Obsolete

[beenherebeforeagain]

I've also heard there may be some funny misunderstandings when terms such as "thong" or "fanny pack" are used in Australia while dealing with foreigners who have learned another variety of English.

In America, thong used to refer to flip-flops, but now refer to extremely thin underwear that barely covers and hides up the crack.

 

[Estro Felino]

interesting....I'm American and haven't noticed anyone doing that...

Yeah..it's a rare thing...but some do

 

[Revoltingest]

I think of bottles as having openings much smaller than the body's diameter.
Jars are cylindrical.

 

[Estro Felino]

I think of bottles as having openings much smaller than the body's diameter.
Jars are cylindrical.

Ok...but that in the video looks like a jar to me..

 

[Revoltingest]

Ok...but that in the video looks like a jar to me..

I agree...it's a jar.

 

[MNoBody]

hey, the door to the theater is ajar, let's watch the moovy-talky-picture show.....
calling 'em movie's , we should call them talkies then too

 

[Estro Felino]

Speaking of Latinisms...isn't it quid pro quo too obsolete to mean "bargain"?

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

In America, thong used to refer to flip-flops, but now refer to extremely thin underwear that barely covers and hides up the crack.

Apparently Aussies still use that word to refer to flip-flops. Unless that's changed since the last time I read about it.

 

[Milton Platt]

Inner tube? Shome mishtake, shurely?

I gather sales of those have boomed during the virus countermeasures: Forget bikes: inner tubes were cycling's lock down 'must have' product, with 1800 per cent sales jump in April

They appear to have a bright future, as we become more health-conscious and try to decarbonise the economy.

Yes, they are still in use, but in spite of temporary spikes for bicycles, their use has diminished. Most other tires in use (vast majority) no longer use tubes. I think in the future, tubeless might come to dominate bicycle tires as well. The jury is still out on that one, though.The problem, of course, lies in the spoked rim.
Yeah, I can see all those long neglected bikes stored in the garage being spiffed up and put back on the road.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yes, they are still in use, but in spite of temporary spikes for bicycles, their use has diminished. Most other tires in use (vast majority) no longer use tubes. I think in the future, tubeless might come to dominate bicycle tires as well. The jury is still out on that one, though.The problem, of course, lies in the spoked rim.
Yeah, I can see all those long neglected bikes stored in the garage being spiffed up and put back on the road.

Inner tubes, carburetors, points, & timing lights will
always be with us in vintage machinery.
Note that tire has changed....it once meant the iron
band around wooden wheels. Now few can imagine
it as anything but rubber.

 

[Milton Platt]

True. I can see "a penny for your thoughts" living on, though.

Right, but inflation inexorably makes those thoughts worth less and less.

 

[Milton Platt]

Inner tubes, carburetors, points, & timing lights will
always be with us in vintage machinery.
Note that tire has changed....it once meant the iron
band around wooden wheels. Now few can imagine
it as anything but rubber.

I can’t even imagine riding down a rutted trail on iron rims. My kidneys begin to hurt just thinking about it. The pioneers had more grit than I could possibly muster.

 

[Revoltingest]

Will colored pencils become "pencils of color"?

 

[exchemist]

Yes, they are still in use, but in spite of temporary spikes for bicycles, their use has diminished. Most other tires in use (vast majority) no longer use tubes. I think in the future, tubeless might come to dominate bicycle tires as well. The jury is still out on that one, though.The problem, of course, lies in the spoked rim.
Yeah, I can see all those long neglected bikes stored in the garage being spiffed up and put back on the road.

It's indeed the spoked wheel. I don't see that disappearing in the near future, for everyday bikes, at least. With the green revolution gathering steam in our cities in Europe, the humble bicycle looks as if it will play a bigger part in our lives. The Dutch were right all along. But there is no doubt the avoidance of public transport during the epidemic has accelerated the trend. All the bike shops have been running out of stock, both of new bikes and of parts to get old neglected bikes back on the road.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I have noticed that Americans tend to say bottle instead of jar when it deals with

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Lots of us would call that a jar.

 

[exchemist]

Speaking of Latinisms...isn't it quid pro quo too obsolete to mean "bargain"?

Its usual English usage is not "bargain", but simply what one has to expect to give, in exchange for something received, when something is traded.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

But "film" is or has become an obsolete technology.

I doubt film will ever be truly obsolete. You can do things with film that you can't with digital and it provides a different aesthetic experience. Anyone who watches movies enough can tell you that movies look different when shot on film or digitally, and most probably will prefer film.

 

[Revoltingest]

I doubt film will ever be truly obsolete. You can do things with film that you can't with digital and it provides a different aesthetic experience. Anyone who watches movies enough can tell you that movies look different when shot on film or digitally, and most probably will prefer film.

I too am a fan of retro tech....but language will evolve.
You & I will be seen as codgers dwelling in the past.
Hey, at least you started at an early age!

 

[MNoBody]

Yes, they are still in use, but in spite of temporary spikes for bicycles, their use has diminished. Most other tires in use (vast majority) no longer use tubes. I think in the future, tubeless might come to dominate bicycle tires as well. The jury is still out on that one, though.The problem, of course, lies in the spoked rim.
Yeah, I can see all those long neglected bikes stored in the garage being spiffed up and put back on the road.

dragon-teeth do not work so well on tubeless tires.....

 

[Milton Platt]

It's indeed the spoked wheel. I don't see that disappearing in the near future, for everyday bikes, at least. With the green revolution gathering steam in our cities in Europe, the humble bicycle looks as if it will play a bigger part in our lives. The Dutch were right all along. But there is no doubt the avoidance of public transport during the epidemic has accelerated the trend. All the bike shops have been running out of stock, both of new bikes and of parts to get old neglected bikes back on the road.

It's good that folks are getting more exercise. Once the pandemic is under control, most of those bikes will be gathering dust in the garage, abandoned for the trusty SUV, though. Not saying that's a good thing....