👉 Okay, letās tackle that wonderfully prickly little wiggle-of-a-word - decidedly! Let's unpack what we mean when you throw around "originally."
Basically, and I stress basically because the whole point here is a little weird, to say something was originallyā¦ something... it means, in really, stupifyingly specific, that we are now pointing to the moment where that thing started. Think of it as archaeological digging, only instead of shovels, you're using a rusty bit of paperwork and a squint. Now, hereās what makes it funny: The thing itself hasn't actually changed . It just... sprouted this new label ā a new point on the terrible, never-ending timeline that we humans love to pretend exists with such rigid certainty. Essentially, it's saying, "Okay, okay! Before I was this, Iā¦ had anā¦ earlierā¦ state. That state, frankly, is probably already long gone and nobody even remembers, but hereās the little asterisk next to it that says, this is what it started as. " (I've totally made that up, but it feels right.) The word itself has a weird little history too! The suffix "- originally, originallyā, originally!" you see? Itās like the punctuation mark of a very insecure historian. You feel the slight defensiveness. --- Now, here's
