Karlillo to Ask Lemmy • 8 months 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 • 8 months agomessage-square125
minus-square@ace_garplink17•8 months 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•8 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@ace_garplink2•8 months agoI never knew those two either. Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
…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.
TIL
I never knew those two either.
Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
Well, I’m there with you buddy. This is the first I see it.