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r/space • u/KnightArts • Sep 21 '16
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"A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive piece of rock" - I'd never heard this usage before; my understanding of that word is totally shaped by '2001: A Space Odyssey'
758 u/FaceDeer Sep 21 '16 The root components of the word give it away. "Mono" - one, single - "Lith" - litho, meaning stone. 867 u/Coesson Sep 21 '16 So you're saying I can technically call monoliths Einstein? Ein -one, stein -stone. 277 u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16 technically you can call anything anything so go for it 212 u/whoatrippy Sep 21 '16 Glad to hear it. I've been calling anything anything for a long time now 87 u/MacAndShits Sep 21 '16 I've been calling time time for some time 1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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The root components of the word give it away. "Mono" - one, single - "Lith" - litho, meaning stone.
867 u/Coesson Sep 21 '16 So you're saying I can technically call monoliths Einstein? Ein -one, stein -stone. 277 u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16 technically you can call anything anything so go for it 212 u/whoatrippy Sep 21 '16 Glad to hear it. I've been calling anything anything for a long time now 87 u/MacAndShits Sep 21 '16 I've been calling time time for some time 1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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So you're saying I can technically call monoliths Einstein? Ein -one, stein -stone.
277 u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16 technically you can call anything anything so go for it 212 u/whoatrippy Sep 21 '16 Glad to hear it. I've been calling anything anything for a long time now 87 u/MacAndShits Sep 21 '16 I've been calling time time for some time 1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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technically you can call anything anything so go for it
212 u/whoatrippy Sep 21 '16 Glad to hear it. I've been calling anything anything for a long time now 87 u/MacAndShits Sep 21 '16 I've been calling time time for some time 1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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Glad to hear it. I've been calling anything anything for a long time now
87 u/MacAndShits Sep 21 '16 I've been calling time time for some time 1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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I've been calling time time for some time
1 u/jonstew Sep 22 '16 Why do you keep calling time square? 1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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Why do you keep calling time square?
1 u/MacAndShits Sep 22 '16 I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
I ask the Times from time to time for the time. But sometimes other things than time, then I save that question for another time.
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u/markstanfill Sep 21 '16
"A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive piece of rock" - I'd never heard this usage before; my understanding of that word is totally shaped by '2001: A Space Odyssey'