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minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·20 days agoOne of the weirdest facts I know is that “pter” means wing and “helico” means spiral, so a wing that moves in a helix is a helico-pter. That’s the root, not heli-copter.
minus-squares@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 days agoSo you’re saying the p in helicopter should be silent
minus-squareburritosdontexist2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days ago“GET IN THE CHOPTER” is more fun now that you mention it
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoHelikopter helikopter Parakoffer parakoffer
minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThat definition made me think of samaras floating in the wind.
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One of the weirdest facts I know is that “pter” means wing and “helico” means spiral, so a wing that moves in a helix is a helico-pter. That’s the root, not heli-copter.
So you’re saying the p in helicopter should be silent
Helipotter
Helico’ter
“GET IN THE CHOPTER” is more fun now that you mention it
Helikopter helikopter
Parakoffer parakoffer
That definition made me think of samaras floating in the wind.