Fun with Etymology

[jackofallgeeks]

GENE: You know, I just realized that Steampunk is just an extention of what Jules Verne started.
JOSH: And Jules Verne is an extention of Da Vinci.
ANDREW: Da Vinci is the original Steampunk!
GENE: Back before they used steam.
JOSH: And a punk was a lady who wore pants.
ANDREW: Actually, wouldn't a lady, by definition, not wear pants?
JOSH: Huh?
ANDREW: If she's wearing pants, she's not a lady.
JOSH: Bah, you and your semantics!
GENE: Actually, it's not just semantics. Lady is the feminine of lord. That's been forgotten these days.
JOSH: Mistress is the feminine of master. And dominatrix is the feminine of dominus.
GENE: No, it's the feminine of dominator; one who dominates.
ANDREW: Is that french?
GENE: No, it's latin. Dominatrix, dominator, domination...
ANDREW: ...And that's, what, a whole country who..?
GENE: No. That's the gerund.

Comments

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Quite alright; first offender and all that.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

My intent was to extend the existing humor, and apparently I lacked the background to do so. Could you fill me in on the background, please?

best,

Joel

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, no real background; just me and my brothers being a little ridiculous. We have random conversations like this now and again, a little bit intelligent, a little bit just plain silly. I've been away at college for the last few years, and so when I got back here and started these moments up again, I thought I'd share them with my Journal, which had grown in the meantime.

[polydad.livejournal.com]

Ah. *Brothers*. Real people, in other words, not fictional fill-ins. I understand a bit better now, thank you.

best,

Joel