Interesting Origins of Everyday Phrases | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW

Ok I totally laughed with the "pee yew" stint. Lol I'd definitely also say "ew you farted" but I also agree, my daughter would've been the first to announce it before I could even say it😂😂😂

Stevie?

"If I hate all mushrooms, but I like portabello mushrooms, that proves the rule"

No, the phrase is STILL nonsensical. You don't have to PROVE you hate mushrooms by contradicting yourself or having an exception. If I say that I hate candy, ALL candy. I don't need to like any candy at all in order for the rule to be proven. The only proof needed is my statement about it. It truly is one of the most poorly worded phrases and people only use it these days when they can't admit they were wrong about something.

First episode I listened to and I love it. What did you guys study? You seem to have an interesting background.

I wasn't taught this, just sort of made it up as a kid but I correctly thought the bury the hatchet saying came from a Native American tradition. Only my idea went in a different direction. I thought it was a tradition where if you had an axe to grind with someone (ba dum tiss) then you'd always carry your tomahawk with you through the village even when not on a hunt. This would show that you had a score to settle, like a fight for honor or something, and that the offender should be ready to fight when you find them. But seeing as Native Americans aren't actually savages they could talk things out before trading blows. If successful then as a ceremonial gesture you'd bury your tomahawk, and maybe theirs too, for the day. You'd then come back later and retrieve the axes and return them to their owners. I figured the colonial adaptation of the phrase changed the word to hatchet instead of tomahawk though. The truth is still just as interesting though 👍

I am very unique different & weird & such but I like to think I am the exceptional exception to the rule
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What a fun episode. For Que Sera sera... I know in Spanish the use of the word que can also be to add like an exclamation mark to a statement.

In order to recognise something as an exception, you have to already know that a rule exists. So you can't prove that there is a rule by finding an exception to it. And you don't need an exception to prove that a rule is valid. That's why the phrase is confusing with present day understandings of the terms, and why the one fellow is wrong, imo!

Yes! I wish you guys had videos of your podcast too. But I'll take it.