The word silly meant in Old English times "blessed". The word gradually came to mean "innocent".
In the thirteenth century girl was used to refer to a child of either sex. It was kinda meant "virgin" and didn't specifically refer to a female child until the 1500s.
There are a lot of words we use now that had a different meaning years ago. If you're a nerd like me click here to read about other words.
It's interesting to realize that language is still evolving. Just refer to the Urban Dictionary, you'll get a whole new meaning for a whole lot of things!
So, I guess if someone calls you a silly girl you shouldn't be that upset...
should you? LOL
7 comments:
I've always suspected...
Every time I hear the phrase "silly girl", my mind autocorrects it to "clever girl", at which point a velociraptor always springs out of the bushes and gets me.
I know, I'm mental.
It's fun watching words change meaning in time.
Punk used to be a prostitute
And gay used to be bonny and blithe. In some ways it still is.
And I love the hat, it's 'you'!!!
So, my little internal rant the other day about men referring to themselves as "girl" is misplaced.
There goes my idea for a rant blog entry . . . :D
Cute hat, but the boa makes you look old (or "mutton dressed as lamb"). ;-)
don't YOU look pretty and ready for spring!
That's interesting... I didn't know that.
nice hat, going anywhere fancy?
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