Karlillo to Ask [email protected] • 9 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-square104fedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo to Ask [email protected] • 9 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•9 months agoAlong these lines, I recently learned: Painstakingly is pains + takingly (as in “took great pains”), not pain + stakingly. Helicopter is helico + pter (“spiral wing”), not heli + copter. In linguistics, this phenomenon is called rebracketing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoI never knew those two either. Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
Along these lines, I recently learned:
Painstakingly is pains + takingly (as in “took great pains”), not pain + stakingly.
Helicopter is helico + pter (“spiral wing”), not heli + copter.
In linguistics, this phenomenon is called rebracketing.
I never knew those two either.
Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
TIL