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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Somewhere. Someplace. At least two people agreed upon meaning of the first spoken word.
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Paleoanthropologists studying the evolution of spoken words have agreed that the first speech word evolved from grunts, mumbles and single 'words'.
Reproduction and food were the obvious first subjects communicated about; and studies have determined that based on the physical traits of early man/woman's, the most common sounds were 'fffff' and 'mmmm'.
An argument between a male and female about whether to copulate (ffff) or eat (mmmm) would have gone like this:
male: "ffffff"
female (shaking her head and pointing to her empty stomach): "mmm"
male (pointing at his thing): "fffff!"
female (still shaking her head): "mmmm!"
male (getting more agitated): "FFFF!"
female (not backing off): "MMMM!"
male (in her face and spitting): "FFFFFFTTTTT!!!"
female (gritting her teeth): "MMMNNNTTT"
male (hopping up and down and yelling): "FFFFIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!"
femaile (pushing him away and drumming on her hungry tummy): "MMMMMNNTTT!"
Over time, the argument over whether to copulate or eat first, was combined into one expression (FFFFFIIITTTMMMMNNT) and evolved into the first spoken word, 'fitment'. The sequence of eating first, then copulating afterwards became the word 'date'. The original, prehistoric meaning of the 'fitment', the first spoken word, was lost until only recently, and now is commonly used to describe a fixed item or piece of furniture.