What's Up With That?

Where has the time gone?

Holy Smokes! What is wrong with me? I haven't written anything in 3 months. Worse than that, I fear my 7 fans have all perished as no one seems to have noticed the lack of fresh material here... or is it because all my material lacks freshness?

Nevertheless... hold on. Let's look at that word "Nevertheless". What an odd word. It's comprised of three words, three words that don't seem to really be related at all. But there they are, crammed into one word. It rolls of your tongue though, doesn't it? Nevertheless. Nevertheless. You would never say Alwaysthemore. People would punch you if you did. At least, people punched me whenever I say "Alwaysthemore". Punching and kicking. I forgot to mention the kicking part.

"Nevertheless" is a fancy schmancy way of saying "Whatever", as illustrated by a simple example.

Joe: Hey, Tom, where are your pants?
Tom: What the hell are you talking about? I'm wearing... holy smokes! I WAS wearing them a minute ago. They must have dissolved off my body!
Joe: That was then, this is now. That's disgusting!
Tom: It may be disgusting but nevertheless, you can bite my schphonse.
Joe: Uh... I don't think so.
Tom: Well suit yourself, alwaysthemore, I gave you a chance! Hey, why did you punch me? Stop kicking me! STOP IT!

Fascinating! Let's understand the origin of this one compound word by studying its parts.

• "Nev" - from the Greek "Nevalphaomega" meaning - "Whatever"
• "erth" - from the Aristotle's younger brother, Scratchurhiney, ancient dictionary of simple words meaning - earth. (It is a well known fact that Scrathurhiney was an idiot and couldn't spell worth crap.)
• "eless" - Slang from ancient Latin - meaning Publius and Ferionus are once again lost on some road heading to the market.

So"Nevertheless" quite literally means "Whatever on earth happened to Publius and Ferionis on their way back from the market". And so, you can see why it makes sense to use it in a sentences frequently.

Next time we'll break down the word "bonehead".