Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down15
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareoneiros@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 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-squareace_garp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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.
TIL
I never knew those two either.
Love the helico-pter one. Of course!