KarlillotoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world·8 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squarearrow-up1126arrow-down16message-square126fedilink
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?KarlillotoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world·8 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareoneirosarrow-up18arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkAlong 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-squareace_garparrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkI 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