Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarehushable@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoA pancake is a cake you make in a pan. It broke my mind when I learned that one
minus-squareace_garp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-squareoneiros@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWait until you hear about butterflies and dragonflies.
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoButterflies, flies that you make with butter.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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.
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.