Post AcDuNFb7MEK2ovIBlo by BillMcGuire@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AcDdbmvgWsUj1wG6qG by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-11-27T03:17:34Z
       
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       Here's a fun etymology tidbit I came across in my research tonight:The word "forget" come from the word "get," meaning to grasp or grip.  "To forget" essentially means to lose your grip on a memory. https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=forget#etymology
       
 (DIR) Post #AcDfBwHNLORgPKCqxc by _L1vY_@mstdn.social
       2023-11-27T03:35:17Z
       
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       @grammargirl Ah, like forego
       
 (DIR) Post #AcDjbp5p5K19SuOu0W by somedude@sfba.social
       2023-11-27T04:24:49Z
       
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       @grammargirl I love etymonline and the rabbit hole I just went down. Kudos!
       
 (DIR) Post #AcDuNFb7MEK2ovIBlo by BillMcGuire@universeodon.com
       2023-11-27T06:25:27Z
       
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       @grammargirl my girlfriend urged me to go walking with her this morning. We walked 2 miles, but I talked almost the entire time retelling stories from my time in the Army. She was amazed I didn't want to become an Officer. I told her all about which schools I went to in the Army for what would become my job: 05D20direction finding....I talked about friends along the way whether they were in my Advanced Training in Massachusetts or via sports teams I was a part of there or on Okinawa, Japan. I was quite winded upon our return. haha So, thinking about those times, and placing my brain into those memories helps me to remember names of guys that I had gone foggy on, as with Steve Beeson, who would be an Evangelical Christian today in my book & when I tried to tell him he'd like the movie I'd just seen, Godspell. He said he'd never go see it. Why? Because Jesus never dressed that way that they dress in the movie. There's no talking to someone like that. Carry on.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcEYeru6BZr0iL7tCa by Chigaze@mstdn.ca
       2023-11-27T13:56:49Z
       
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       @grammargirl I love etymonline.com! I use it enough I even have a browser extension for it. Also etymology for ‘forget’ is one of the cases where the origin meanings are perfect.