Donimic

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[🎩Laird of the Manor🎩 @LairdOfThManor]

Torpenhow Hill, England

When the Saxons arrived and asked the locals what that hill was called, the Welsh replied, “Pen,” which simply means hill in Welsh.

The Saxons, apparently not spotting they’d already been given the full answer, added their own word for hill: tor. So it became Torpen - literally Hill Hill.

A few centuries later, the Norse turned up and repeated the exercise, adding haugr, their word for hill. Now it was effectively Torpenhaugr - Hill Hill Hill.

Then the English arrived, looked at the whole thing, shrugged, and added “Hill” on the end for good measure.

Thus we ended up with Torpenhow Hill:
Hill Hill Hill Hill.

It’s comforting to know that for over a thousand years, successive generations have been independently deciding that the previous lot hadn’t made it quite clear enough that it was, in fact, a hill.

Language is magnificent.
Humans… less so.🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[al horford is the best big man in nba history @somegingerguy23]

Medieval peasant after the war of the roses:

[dylan saba @shaabiranks]

Does anything else get mongered besides fear and fish

[Alasdair Munro @apsmunro]

I don't like to tweet much about politics, but if you respond to an overwhelming victory for people you profoundly disagree with by saying, "everyone is clearly stupid/evil", instead of triggering profound curiosity and reflection, you are part of the problem

[Sean @zeendonuts]

we've entered our soviet union era. low standards of living but great at the Olympics

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@IAMLUCASHGC @RollingStone Man myth legend

[june lewins @joonloons]

Bit late to give advice.

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@OfficialFPL @benmacaroni

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@_nyc14_ Yeah I saw one earlier on the northern line 🤢

[Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys]

If she subpoenas Colada, she'll be caught and arraigned.

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@louisshimmin @IAMLUCASHGC

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@FabrizioRomano @JackTJamieson think we are going to have to sell him…

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

No one hates Tottenham as much as Tottenham fans hate Tottenham.

[erin ♡ @erinmhk]

I think someone should’ve tried domesticating bears 10,000 years ago. We really missed the mark with that. Could be cuddled up with a bear right now but whatever.

[trash jones @jzux]

your late 20s are funny because your friends are either having an identity crisis or a wedding. some are having both

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@WatfordFC Just in time for Dack to step up @JackTJamieson

[Amanda Rafkin @AmandaRafkin]

Wicked on the West End having to open its show last night with "GOOD NEWS! SHE'S DEAD!" as the literal first words of the performance is an unbelievable awkwardness that will truly never be duplicated.

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@DizzyDaisy909 @IAMLUCASHGC @TomCardone1 I have no idea who you are but that’s actually REALLY funny

[Donimic @DCGC93]

@IAMLUCASHGC @TomCardone1 Except when they are your beers…

[billy pratt @billy_pratt_]

There is a correlation between the large hadron collider at CERN being turned on and Johnny Bairstow's test batting average