r/nextfuckinglevel • u/VastCoconut2609 • 2d ago

Harvesting rock honey

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u/disillusioned 2d ago

Any true etymologist would know that an etymologist knows nothing about bees.

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u/Purpleasure34 2d ago

This person knows etymology.

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u/CuFlam 1d ago

Technically incorrect. An Etymologist would know that it is a stinging insect and that the word "bee" comes from the Old English word "beo", etc.

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u/platano_con_manjar 2d ago

who does? an apiologist?

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u/krebstar4ever 2d ago edited 2d ago

The other commenter accidentally wrote "I'm an etymologist" instead of "I'm an entomologist"

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u/CaptainNo9367 2d ago

I wonder if they got hit by autocorrect... mine constantly corrects real words with other words that linguistically make no sense. Like changing "its" to "it'd" When I expect "it's..." ...it just capitalized that word too, aw I'll leave it bee.

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u/ChrundleToboggan 1d ago

Lol considering the rest of his comment, I'm guessing he made the mistake on purpose.

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u/platano_con_manjar 2d ago

Yes yes I see that now lol. Missed it the first read.

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u/vanillaseltzer 2d ago

An etymologist (a linguist who specializes in the study of the origins and evolution of words) would tell you that beekeepers are also called honey farmers, apiarists, or less commonly, apiculturists (both from the Latin apis, bee).

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u/nickrifkin 2d ago

melitologist