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I always wondered about Wet Naps, and are they any relation to Wet Dreams?

Handkerchief is thought to come from "hang your chief" or "Hank, your chief." No one knows for sure.

Kindergarten, kindling, munchkin, Rumpelstiltskin? I was going to guess same nap for napsack, but I see it's actually spelled knapsack. So maybe not.

Ima take a tablecloth in my hammock this afternoon.

You've done this joke at least three times, before.

🩷🙂

So……a napkin can also be used as a regular tablecloth? Asking for my little friend here….. 😁

a hamster sits on a white table cloth on a striped tableAlt: a hamster sits at a tiny table with a white tablecloth as he eats.media.tenor.com

Nape or nappe ( French spelling)

Or alternatively, Neck Fam

THEN WHY NOT NAP EE KIN smartypants dictionary, huh?

Mind. Blown.

And kidnapping?

So his real name was little tablecloth Cole?

Mrs calls it nappy. Then again, she kinda outed her Kiwi origins... nappy means dirty diaper. Nappy as nickname means napkin. I don't know, for that example... I feign an ignorant American. 🤷

Now do serviette.

So: akin is a small a

“ ‘kin” means something completely different in Scottish schools. As in, “We have to all that homework?! ‘kin hell Miss”. Also see - “ ‘sake Miss”. Both words ‘kin & ‘sake are banned.

I feel like this post contains several notes

9/10 - but only because now I want a “little nap” 😬🤣

Don’t wipe your hands on the big tablecloth. Use a napkin.

🤔 “tablecloth”?

I also call a short nap a napkin.

I learned this little bit of trivia from @hankgreen.bsky.social approximately 11 years ago. youtu.be/kwyZlcd7Ooc?...

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Napkins be like “I’m just a little guy”

Wait, nape also means the back of the neck, right? Maybe for hundreds of years we’ve actually been using napkins backwards…

So... a pumpkin is a small pump?

I'll add this tidbit to the ever growing "interesting to know but I really hope my brain doesn't waste energy and space trying to remember that" category.

Somewhere out there is a young person who "kins" themself with the concept of naps, in a case of linguistic convergent evolution.

So, like the 'chen' in German.

Well, they used to wipe their mouths and hands on the edge of the tablecloth, which I feel must be part of the association

Wait. Does nape of the neck mean tablecloth of the head?

And "ramekin"?

So the back of my neck is a tablecloth?!

Which is why napkins are meant to go across your laps, not tucked into your collar.☕

And yet “pumpkin” originates from a Greek word for “large melon” 🤷‍♂️

A catkin is a Kitten, then?

Now do APRON !

Ohh, thanks for explaining that. I kept trying to wipe my hands on my snoozing cousin.

I thought napkin was when my cousin slept for a couple hours in the afternoon.

Are these roots Latin? I guess I could google it but hey, engagement lol

Whereas, the "nape of the neck" refers to exactly what? The tablecloth of the neck?! That sounds entirely preposterous, although weirder things have been true, in relation to The English Language at least...

How about serviette? Cc @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social

Thank you

So "kin 'ell" means "little hell"?

Following it back nappe, or tablecloth derives from hnapp or bowl, which derives from hanap which means goblet

It's also etymologically related to "apron," which was originally "napron."

Inventor of the napkin, "There's got to be a better way..."

a man sitting at a table with a bottle of ketchup in front of himALT: a man sitting at a table with a bottle of ketchup in front of himmedia.tenor.com

I bet your readers would enjoy the etymology of janitor: share.google/DVf3DirS5nr9...

Presumably, the kin diminutive comes from the German “chen”?

I love how you gas yourself up at the end. 10/10 no notes

Stop it 😭