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what do you call something that was once a house?(lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Butters@lemmywinks.com
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Wtf kind of warehouse is that? My garage is more of a warehouse.

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

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