What's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 119 points – 5 months ago125Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentAlong 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! rebracketing. TIL
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! rebracketing. TIL
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