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| *kryogenix* |
 Apr 15 2007, 02:46 AM
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do people in your area call dances balls? why is it called a ball? what is the etymology of the word? I dance at a dance. I don't ball at a dance. Well, maybe sometimes. But that's not the reason I got invited.
Also, people here call water foutains "da bubblah." Why is it a bubbler? It doesn't bubble. It resembles a fountain more than bubbles. So why do they call it "da bubblah?" |
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| *StanleyThePanda* |
Apr 15 2007, 02:49 AM
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Nope, they don't. They just call it "a dance". Though I would be more intrigued to go to a dance if it was called a ball. Just seems more... fancy, and more elegant.
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Apr 15 2007, 10:17 AM
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 The one man Voltron  Group: Member Posts: 711 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,519 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Apr 15 2007, 9:46 AM)  do people in your area call dances balls? why is it called a ball? what is the etymology of the word? I dance at a dance. I don't ball at a dance. Well, maybe sometimes. But that's not the reason I got invited. Also, people here call water foutains "da bubblah." Why is it a bubbler? It doesn't bubble. It resembles a fountain more than bubbles. So why do they call it "da bubblah?" Get out of Compton. |
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| *Monochrome.* |
Apr 15 2007, 11:45 AM
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we called dances "balls"because they were dances in which you had to go and by a fancy dress that you would like wear once then sell on ebay.
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Apr 15 2007, 12:34 PM
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Where I live, we call a dance when people don't dress up, they just go with their regular clothes on; we call a ball when everyone is dressed formal. I've heard people call dances balls, but I guess different places call things different names.
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| *yrrnotelekktric* |
Apr 15 2007, 01:34 PM
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For this all-boys highschool near my school they have a "Crusader Ball" because their mascot is a crusader.
 but other than that dances are dances.
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