What’s really neat linguistically is that “helicopter” isn’t a compound of “heli” and “copter,” but rather “helico” (as in helix, helical) and “pter” (as in pterodactyl).
“Rebracketing” is when this happens (i.e., the split in the word is moved in colloquial language).
What’s really neat linguistically is that “helicopter” isn’t a compound of “heli” and “copter,” but rather “helico” (as in helix, helical) and “pter” (as in pterodactyl).
“Rebracketing” is when this happens (i.e., the split in the word is moved in colloquial language).
I would totally watch your TED talk
Oh, yeah. For those people that keep insisting that the rotating wing is not an helix… go change the name!