Why does "late" mean that it is old and "later" than "late" means that it is older yet "latest" means that it is new?
As in:
the [b]latest[/b] invention was the wheel. That makes no sense.
Incoming clocks, I for see!
That's actually a really good question.
Because languages are a bitch like that.
:psyduck:
Because that invention occurred latest in the time line. Clocks for you.
[QUOTE=fnj;22012745]Why does "late" mean that it is old and "later" than "late" means that it is older yet "latest" means that it is new?
[/QUOTE]
But what if 'later' is used in the context of after like this:
Person1: Did you hear? Bob invented the plate!
Person2: He's late, everyone knows Plato invented the plate. But did you know, later that very day the Earl of Sandwich invented the Sandwich.
Why was he called the earl of sandwich before he invented the sandwich?
[editline]08:22PM[/editline]
If we always try to do the latest thing then when are we early?
He named his invention after himself.
I wish I was named sandwich.
[QUOTE=fnj;22013059]
If we always try to do the latest thing then when are we early?[/QUOTE]
We are early when we wake up before 7:30am ish
Get somewhere before we are expected
Or if someone suffers from premature ejaculation
I'm late when I wake up at 7:30 I gotta wake up at 6 to go to school.
:psyboom:
[QUOTE=CaptainQuirk;22012929]Because that invention occurred latest in the time line. Clocks for you.[/QUOTE]
Then that invention would be the newest.
Clocks everywhere in this bitch
:derp:
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
