Is "[preposition] of" eg "inside of the house" a vestige of a genitive/lative case?

Some languages use difference cases for different prepositions. The best example I can come up with is Russian. If you use some prepositions with the prepositional case, the emphasis is on the space. "Π’ россии" means "in Russia". Yet the same preposition with the accusative case puts emphasis on movement through space. "Π’ Ρ€ΠΎΡΡΠΈΡŽ" means "into Russia".

In English, sometimes I (a native speaker; of the South) will say "outside the box" but other times "outside OF the box". I have realized just now that I tend to use the former for emphasis on movement through space and the latter for emphasis in space. I will say "Take the item out of the box." but never "Take the item out the box." I will reversely say "The item is inside the box." but rarely "The item is inside of the box."

Is this evidence of the same grammatical concept in Russian, in English? Do we say "of the house" because that's how the English "genitive" is formed? Is this the remnant of a genitive/locative case in English or is it just some arbitrary "of" usage that I have inherited from the South?

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SERIOUS: This subreddit needs to understand what a "dad joke" really means.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit walk into a blood donation clinic.

The nurse asked the rabbit, β€œwhat is your blood type?”

β€œI am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

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How do I do this infix rule?

So, I may just have the big dumb, but I'm wanting some noun cases to be infixes that work a specific way: It's only added after the vowel of the second to last syllable. So let's say the infix is "ha", CVC-CV-CV would be CVC-CV-ha-CV but it would jump around to any syllable that ends in V. How would I accomplish this?

For reference, this is what I currently have written down:

TABLE TYPE = affix
part-of-speech = n
example-word = dog
rows = ABEssive, ABLative, ABSolutive, LATive, POSsessive, SUBEssive, SUPEressive, INEssive, COMparative, TEMPoral
ABE ~ dog = -en
ABS ~ dog = -ik
POS ~ dog = -tre
COM ~ dog = -ta
TEMP ~ dog = -hor
ABL ~ dog = βˆ… > ke / #V_
LAT ~ dog = βˆ… > ry / #V_
SUBE ~ dog = βˆ… > li / #V_
SUPE ~ dog = βˆ… > ru / #V_
INE ~ dog = βˆ… > kja / #V_

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Mal ein Dank an allesgurgelt.at fΓΌr die Organisation der PCR-Tests!

Bekomm es als jemand mit Familie in Deutschland grad vor Weihnachten wieder stark mit wie schlecht das Testen dort organisiert ist. Dunkelziffer will man sich bei den ganzen Stories gar nicht ausmalen (extreme Positivrate).

Nun beim Bruder grad 3 auf Arbeit positiv. Scheinbar macht man da einen PCR-Test erst wenn mal ein Antigentest positiv ausschlΓ€gt. Puh, die Teile sind oft mehr als ungenΓΌgend und schlagen erst bei hΓΆherer Virenlast aus.

https://www.spektrum.de/news/welche-corona-schnelltests-sind-zuverlaessig/1954489

Zudem reicht dann auch schon ein Negativtest via Antigen am Folgetag um aus dem Radar zu fallen. Danach sind die Tests nur mehr freiwillig - eieiei, dauert es doch meist ein paar Tage bis man selbst "positiv" wird und ist man auch infektiΓΆs die Tage bevor man Symptome entwickelt.

Da ist man hier mit PCR-Tests, die zudem gratis sind, deutlich besser aufgehoben. Testweltmeister sind wir eh. Entsprechend ΓΌberschaubar ist die Dunkelziffer im Vergleich:

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-08-30..latest&uniformYAxis=0&pickerSort=desc&pickerMetric=total_cases&Metric=Cases%2C+tests%2C+positive+and+reproduction+rate&Interval=7-day+rolling+average&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=USA~GBR~DEU~AUT~ISR~PRT

Danke allesgurgelt.at !

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I’ve got this disease where I can’t stop making airport puns.

The doctor says it terminal.

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Just because it's a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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I heard that by law you have to turn on your headlights when it’s raining in Sweden.

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

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Puns make me numb

Mathematical puns makes me number

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So my mom is getting her foot cut off today.. (really)

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

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Petition to ban rants from this sub

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

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French fries weren’t cooked in France.

They were cooked in Greece.

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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Why does Spider-Man's calendar only have 11 months?

He lost May

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When I was a single man, I had loads of free time.

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

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My 4 year oldest favourit joke, which he very proudly memorized and told all his teachers.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

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I'm sick of you guys posting dumb wordplay in here for awards and upvotes.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

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Girlfriend got me good. Never been more proud of her.

Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.

Gender is fluid.

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies πŸ˜‚

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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My wife left me because I couldn’t stop doing impressions of pasta

And now I’m cannelloni

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Why did Karen press Ctrl+Shift+Delete?

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

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Steve JOBS would have made a better President than Donald Trump

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

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I just flew in from Chernobyl

And boy are my arms legs.

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What do you call a woman who’s really good at darts?

Amy

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My 7 year old daughter just told me this one. I'm so proud. What did the duck say when he bought chapstick?

Put it on my bill

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So 2 trees got arrested in the town I live...

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No gains
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I was almost upset that my coffee tasted like dirt today

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

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What is a a bisexual person doing when they’re not dating anybody?

They’re on standbi

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What is the scariest tree?

BamBOO!

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My ten-year-old daughter came up with this at dinner tonight: What do you get if put a copy of Macbeth on top of a dictionary?

A play on words.

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A queen size statement.
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Did you know all dogs are made up of only 3 elements?

Calcium, nickel, neon

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My son, Luke, loves how I named our kids after Star Wars characters...

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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My fencing opponent laughed at me for bringing a block of cheddar to a sword fight.

Until he discovered it was extra sharp.

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Which actor drives the least?

Christopher Walken

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What did Spartacus say when the lion ate his wife?

Nothing, he was gladiator.

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Pun intended.
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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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