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(Re)bracketing (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by ReadyUser31@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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Was slightly mindblown whenl discovered this.

The two parts to the word "helicopter" are not "helil" and "copter", but "helico" meaning spiral, and "pter" meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.

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wait WHAT

Aderinthemadscientist: Wait, so... does -copter come "from" helicopter?

108echoes: Yep! This is called rebracketing. Another famous example would be"-burger": the original food item is named after the German city, (Hamburgl+(er], but semantically reinterpreted as (ham]+[burger].

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Hamburgl+(er]

No, that was soemone else. The city is still called Hamburg, and the inhabitants Hamburger.

[-] mcqtom@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Ich bin ein Hamburger.

(I'm actually not)

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ich bin ein Hamburger.

(I actually am)

[-] Daqu@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Ich hab nen Käse auf dem Kopf, ich bin ein Cheeseburger, denn Cheeseburger macht hungriger.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

"Isch ess ein Berliner" (Irgendsoein Präsident, oder so ähnlich)

[-] JayObey711@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Psssh wir wollen nicht schon wieder eine Diskussion über Dialekte lostreten. Hoffen wir mal, dass die ostdeutschen das hier nicht finden

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