▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Someone else corrected me, I was thinking of wereman. Haven't read Shakespeare in a couple decades permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* wer and wife TIL the etymology of how we talk about shapeshifters in folk myth. Dope, thank you! "Working late one night in the lab, Guy Fellows was bitten by a radioactive human being. Now he seems like an ordinary person, but under the full moon he undergoes a transformation and become a wereman! All the powers of an adult male human, trapped inside the frail shell of an adult male human, he is Wereman!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* wer and wife TIL the etymology of how we talk about shapeshifters in folk myth. Dope, thank you! "Working late one night in the lab, Guy Fellows was bitten by a radioactive human being. Now he seems like an ordinary person, but under the full moon he undergoes a transformation and become a wereman! All the powers of an adult male human, trapped inside the frail shell of an adult male human, he is Wereman!" permalink fedilink source parent
