The South PacificBoard

Auphelia wrote:

*coughs lightly*

I do think so.

Perhaps a cup of tea would help.

*Gives you some Elemental Tea*

Lily pad nation wrote:

Yes and avocado means the lower end of male genitalia, but when I say I’m eating an avocado I am not in fact mutilating a guy.

Language is more than the sum of its parts.

I do enjoy mutilating avocados.

Saxavo wrote:

Holiday mean Holy day. And those are the facts

Yeah.

But while holidays of older origin are religious, most modern holidays commemorate usually secular events

Auphelia wrote:

I do enjoy mutilating avocados.

*Prepares for the cuteness war against Auphelia*

New herdon wrote:

Like Human Rights Day, HumanLight and Watch Night.

Also most Independence Days, Labor Day, days commemorating certain national heroes, etc...

Nakarisaune wrote:

Fun fact: the word muscle comes from the Latin for "little mouse" because they thought the movement of muscles under the skin looked like mice. So when you exercise, you're strengthening your little mice.

Robot comes from a Czech word meaning forced labor. That means almost everything is made from forced labor.
Unless it's from China, in which case it might also be child.

The sakhalinsk empire wrote:

Yes, Apple Day. The day when Apple was founded.

Or literally Athiesm Day.
Also April Fools is mostly secular, with small ties to a pope.

New herdon wrote:

Hah, all but 2 of the holidays on this list are holy in some religion. The other two are secular.

Holy day is associated with Christmas, no one views Hanukah as a holy day.

New herdon wrote:

Actually, it means a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tradition of cultural or religious significance.

I would have to disagree.

Lily pad nation wrote:

Yes and avocado means the lower end of male genitalia, but when I say I’m eating an avocado I am not in fact mutilating a guy.

Language is more than the sum of its parts.

And Hitler meant to save Europe, and instead became history’s most infamous villain.

The sakhalinsk empire wrote:

Jews?

Name one Jew who calls it a holy day

Saxavo wrote:

Holy day is associated with Christmas, no one views Hanukah as a holy day. I would have to disagree. And Hitler meant to save Europe, and instead became history’s most infamous villain.

How did you manage to compare avocados to Hitler?