Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareoneiroslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 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-up2·9 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.
I never knew those two either.
Love the helico-pter one. Of course!
TIL