Karlillo to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-square125arrow-up1126arrow-down16
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo to Ask Lemmy • 1 year agomessage-square125
minus-square@hushablelink39•1 year agoA pancake is a cake you make in a pan. It broke my mind when I learned that one
minus-square@ace_garplink17•1 year ago…and when you take a detour, you are getting off your original tour. (Tour de France, tour of the countryside, etc) Hence, why you de-tour. Did everyone work this out at first glance? The etymology of ‘detour’ took me way too long.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•1 year 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@ace_garplink2•1 year agoI never knew those two either. Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•1 year agoWait until you hear about butterflies and dragonflies.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoJust like the way a snowman is a man made of snow.
A pancake is a cake you make in a pan.
It broke my mind when I learned that one
…and when you take a detour, you are getting off your original tour. (Tour de France, tour of the countryside, etc)
Hence, why you de-tour.
Did everyone work this out at first glance? The etymology of ‘detour’ took me way too long.
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
Well, I’m there with you buddy. This is the first I see it.
Wait until you hear about butterflies and dragonflies.
Butterflies, flies that you make with butter.
Just like the way a snowman is a man made of snow.
So a woman is made of wo(e)?
Woah, man!
Have you heard about asswipes
please don’t tell me I been using them wrong
wtfffff
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