Butters comments on what do you call something that was once a house?

[–] Butters@lemmywinks.com 37 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Wtf kind of warehouse is that? My garage is more of a warehouse.

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Werewolf is a contraction of the Anglo-Saxon word 'were'--which means man--and wolf; 'werewolf, man wolf.

Source: I watched Prisoner of Azkaban last night.

Warehouse, on the other hand, is literally a “house of wares”.

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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Is it really a contraction if it's just two words stuck together? Pretty sure a contraction is shortened.

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[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 years ago

Those are Snape’s words, not mine. I suppose the proper term is Compound.

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