OP
Black Hole
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We know (I assume) what 'ruthless' means, but what's 'ruth'?
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EEPhil
Number 28
Not toob,(don't know next word!), not maul, not ant.What about
tube, gourd, mall, aunt?
My wife says aunt and ant the same way. Constant confusion!
EEPhil
Number 28
- A book in the Hebrew Bible.
- From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ruth&allowed_in_frame=0
www.etymonline.com said:
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MikeSh
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There are mall rats, are there mall ants? Or even mall aunts (chaperones?)
EEPhil
Number 28
- Mallants Bouwmaterialen - http://www.mallants.be
- Dr Dirk Mallants - "expert on groundwater and patience" - http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC12345
D
Deleted member 473
Tyoob, gurd, maul, aren't?
EEPhil
Number 28
That would be one interpretation - but probably only if you write Ruthless.
In the ISIHAC Uxbridge English Dictionary, I could image a definition: Ruthless - Ruth, after a month at WeightWatchers.
OP
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
Excellent. I imagine all negated words which don't seem to have a positive form in modern English will have an archaic version. One cannot properly appreciate the meaning of 'ruthless' without knowing what 'ruth' is, and I suggest the meaning has wandered a little.
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
For my understanding of 'ruthless', "no sorrow for the misery of another; no repentance, no regret," works fine. What's your understanding?
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
But those are mallants, not mall ants. Different animals
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As þycke as ameten crepeþ in an amete hulle
They don't write prose like that any more. (ants)
But aunt comes from Latin amita, meaning father's sister. Wot happened to the mother's sister, I ask? Is she in that aunt hill, covered thickly with aunts?
They don't write prose like that any more. (ants)
But aunt comes from Latin amita, meaning father's sister. Wot happened to the mother's sister, I ask? Is she in that aunt hill, covered thickly with aunts?
EEPhil
Number 28
No pleasing some people.But those are mallants, not mall ants. Different animals
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
This is AvP dude. The rules are to be ruthlessNo pleasing some people.
EEPhil
Number 28
And yet you use American slang...This is AvP dude. The rules are to be ruthless
OP
Black Hole
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Could be said to be a dud.
D
Deleted member 473
I am feeling ruthful.
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
Yes. Is that grammatically incorrect? Or have I broken a rule?And yet you use American slang...
I know many of you have a desire to ruthlessly cull all Americanisms from the English language, but I find some quite useful at times. However, to please you I'll rephrase it: This is AvP, bro.
(A bit south London for my liking actually.)