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Just started watching Dragon Ball Super for the first time, and Goku would 100% do this.

Words that mean “write” usually originate as a meaning shift of an already existing word that meant “scratch”, “draw”, “carve”, or the like.

This is also the case with “write”, which is originally from the Proto-Indo-European root that meant “rip” or “tear”, which became “carve”, and then finally “write” in late Proto-Germanic/early Old English.

The only straightforward ways I can think of to get a brand new word meaning “write” after the fact would be to either: 1) coin it somehow, possibly by compounding existing morphemes or 2) borrow it directly from a language whose people already practiced writing. I’m not aware of any examples of this, but even though they are likely rare they probably do exist.

It’s very common for words used to mean “write” to predate writing. “Write” itself predates writing by thousands of years.

Man I love my instance. Here’s to three more years, and thanks for being awesome!

Revenue is one of the least useful metrics for judging something like this.

I picked Lance up when I played World and absolutely loved it. It’s a weird feeling to be essentially invincible in a Monster Hunter game of all things (as long as you don’t fuck up), and I am very much here for it.

But yeah, I love the slower, more methodical combat of the older games.

Still working my way through Monster Hunter Generations: Ultimate on Ryujinx. Old-school Monster Hunter just has something special about it, and I’m really loving my time with the game.

For this game I’ve expanded my weapon repertoire to include Great Sword, Longsword, Switch Axe, and Lance (and Prowler, of course). Weapons I’ve explored in other games and didn’t really click with are S&S, Boomstick, and Bow, so I’m not planning to use them for this playthrough.

200 hours in so far, and I’m not even out of Low Rank yet (though I am doing every normal quest, so…).

Here’s to another 1k+ hours! :D