Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down12
arrow-up1227arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareBubs12@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·8 days agoDoes that mean it has a silent P and we’ve all been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
minus-squareJonnyprophet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoI’ve always called them helo-cooters. You mean you haven’t?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoLet’s take the helicotter.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoAlternatively, we’ve been saying Pterodactyl wrong this whole time
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoNot all languages say “Pterodactyl” with a silent P.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI’ve even seen some that it’s a stop /-/terodactly
Does that mean it has a silent P and we’ve all been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
I’ve always called them helo-cooters. You mean you haven’t?
Let’s take the helicotter.
Hee-licko-tear
Alternatively, we’ve been saying Pterodactyl wrong this whole time
Not all languages say “Pterodactyl” with a silent P.
I’ve even seen some that it’s a stop /-/terodactly