Discussion:
Did Earl Pickles coin "destinesia"
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Joy Beeson
2024-10-04 20:05:18 UTC
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https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2024/08/05

"Destinesia" is too apt and useful a word not to have been around for
ages, but I've never encountered it before.

Does it date back to Vaudville?
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Tony Cooper
2024-10-04 21:07:53 UTC
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On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:05:18 -0400, Joy Beeson
Post by Joy Beeson
https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2024/08/05
"Destinesia" is too apt and useful a word not to have been around for
ages, but I've never encountered it before.
Does it date back to Vaudville?
My impression is that "Grampa" made the word up using the pen of Brian
Crane (the cartoonist).
Aidan Kehoe
2024-10-05 08:02:18 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:05:18 -0400, Joy Beeson
Post by Joy Beeson
https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2024/08/05
"Destinesia" is too apt and useful a word not to have been around for
ages, but I've never encountered it before.
Does it date back to Vaudville?
My impression is that "Grampa" made the word up using the pen of Brian
Crane (the cartoonist).
There’s a decent number of hits on Yandex (7 pages at least), dating back to
2017, mostly in this meaning. There’s nothing on Google Ngrams.

Useful word. In terms of care about word coinage, however, it is a crime scene.
Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory, from Greek; so the
second element is mutilated and combined with an part of a Latin root.
--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
Adam Funk
2024-10-05 15:00:03 UTC
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Post by Aidan Kehoe
Post by Tony Cooper
On Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:05:18 -0400, Joy Beeson
Post by Joy Beeson
https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2024/08/05
"Destinesia" is too apt and useful a word not to have been around for
ages, but I've never encountered it before.
Does it date back to Vaudville?
My impression is that "Grampa" made the word up using the pen of Brian
Crane (the cartoonist).
There’s a decent number of hits on Yandex (7 pages at least), dating back to
2017, mostly in this meaning. There’s nothing on Google Ngrams.
Useful word. In terms of care about word coinage, however, it is a crime scene.
Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory, from Greek; so the
second element is mutilated and combined with an part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
--
I only regret that I have but one shirt to give for my country.
---Abbie Hoffman
Aidan Kehoe
2024-10-05 15:28:27 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
lar3ryca
2024-10-05 22:00:08 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
--
I ate a kid's meal at MacDonalds today.
His mother was not happy.
Adam Funk
2024-10-07 08:39:45 UTC
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Post by lar3ryca
Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
--
The human brain, weighing about three pounds, has the computing
power of nearly one billion laptops. The brain has been credited
with notable accomplishments such as the Magna Carta, Special
Relativity, and Hee Haw. [Science Museum of Virginia]
Ross Clark
2024-10-07 09:32:50 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
Post by lar3ryca
Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
Adam Funk
2024-10-07 10:46:31 UTC
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Post by Ross Clark
Post by Adam Funk
Post by lar3ryca
Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
I'd go helico|pter.
Oops (like pterosaur), you're right!
Post by Ross Clark
But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
Or chocoholic and other -holic words from alcohol|ic.
--
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like barbarians, than it was for them as barbarians to
behave like civilised men. ---Spock
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-07 11:50:43 UTC
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Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Peter Moylan
2024-10-07 23:52:38 UTC
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Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
--
Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
Peter Moylan
2024-10-08 00:53:34 UTC
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Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
--
Peter Moylan ***@pmoylan.org http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW
Adam Funk
2024-10-09 15:24:50 UTC
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Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
--
Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland
begins. --Ignatius J Reilly
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-10-09 16:31:28 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
Adam Funk
2024-10-10 08:44:47 UTC
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Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
Ha! In France that would be a water tower IIRC.
--
We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as
we decide which part it is, some type of charge will be filed. If he
had a pilot's license, we'd suspend that, but he doesn't.
---Neal Savoy
Sam Plusnet
2024-10-10 18:16:07 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
Ha! In France that would be a water tower IIRC.
Some friends bought a house near the Dordogne, on "Rue du Château
d'Eau". It sounded quite posh.
--
Sam Plusnet
Adam Funk
2024-10-11 09:56:53 UTC
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Post by Sam Plusnet
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
Ha! In France that would be a water tower IIRC.
Some friends bought a house near the Dordogne, on "Rue du Château
d'Eau". It sounded quite posh.
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.


[1]
"#6 of 11 things to do in Mount Jackson"
<https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g57993-d14997592-Reviews-Apple_Basket_Water_Tower-Mount_Jackson_Shenandoah_County_Virginia.html>
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Mermaid" off a Red Lobster Menu. ---Bucky Katt
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-11 13:14:43 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.

There is an old one in Aarhus that recently has been dwarfed by an ugly
high rise:

https://www.google.dk/maps/@56.1828209,10.1972705,3a,75y,320.62h,91.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAN9ohGF7_UXdb0mdqnCc7A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.0516175050116061%26panoid%3DAN9ohGF7_UXdb0mdqnCc7A%26yaw%3D320.6236784997893!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://tinyurl.com/59zbhmfy
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Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Adam Funk
2024-10-11 13:50:36 UTC
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Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
There is an old one in Aarhus that recently has been dwarfed by an ugly
https://tinyurl.com/59zbhmfy
You're right --- I like the water tower better.
--
SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?
Peter Moylan
2024-10-11 23:50:55 UTC
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Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
In some parts of rural Australia, water towers and grain silos are seen
as blank canvases to be decorated. Here are some examples.

https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/north-east-victoria-silo-art-trail
--
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Newcastle, NSW
Aidan Kehoe
2024-10-12 06:58:03 UTC
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Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
In some parts of rural Australia, water towers and grain silos are seen as
blank canvases to be decorated. Here are some examples.
https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/north-east-victoria-silo-art-trail
That’s a very good use of the space.
--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-12 11:00:43 UTC
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Post by Peter Moylan
In some parts of rural Australia, water towers and grain silos are seen
as blank canvases to be decorated. Here are some examples.
https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/north-east-victoria-silo-art-trail
Impressive.
--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Rich Ulrich
2024-10-12 15:39:53 UTC
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 13:00:43 +0200, Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Peter Moylan
In some parts of rural Australia, water towers and grain silos are seen
as blank canvases to be decorated. Here are some examples.
https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/north-east-victoria-silo-art-trail
Impressive.
Yes, impressive.
--
Rich Ulrich
Adam Funk
2024-10-13 11:53:39 UTC
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Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
In some parts of rural Australia, water towers and grain silos are seen
as blank canvases to be decorated. Here are some examples.
https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/north-east-victoria-silo-art-trail
Nice!
--
Now everybody's got advice they just keep on giving
Doesn't mean too much to me
Lots of people have to make believe they're living
Can't decide who they should be ---Boston
Tony Cooper
2024-10-12 05:22:08 UTC
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:14:43 +0200, Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
There is an old one in Aarhus that recently has been dwarfed by an ugly
https://tinyurl.com/59zbhmfy
The landmark Chicago Water Tower is located where Michigan Avenue
meets Chicago Avenue. It was built in 1869 and survived the Great
Chicago Fire of 1871. South from the Water Tower, Michigan Avenue to
the Chicago River Bridge is known as the "Magnificent Mile".

I used to walk past it daily to and from "Trib Tower" and my
apartment.

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Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-12 11:02:18 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
The landmark Chicago Water Tower is located where Michigan Avenue
meets Chicago Avenue. It was built in 1869 and survived the Great
Chicago Fire of 1871. South from the Water Tower, Michigan Avenue to
the Chicago River Bridge is known as the "Magnificent Mile".
I used to walk past it daily to and from "Trib Tower" and my
apartment.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4092/4989250547_c5dea43df2_b.jpg
I am at present watching "The Hobbit". Your picture sent me right into
that universe.
--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Adam Funk
2024-10-13 11:54:30 UTC
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Post by Tony Cooper
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:14:43 +0200, Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Adam Funk
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
Water towers in Denmark are also purely functional, but some of them
must have been drawn by an architect, because they can be spectacular to
watch.
There is an old one in Aarhus that recently has been dwarfed by an ugly
https://tinyurl.com/59zbhmfy
The landmark Chicago Water Tower is located where Michigan Avenue
meets Chicago Avenue. It was built in 1869 and survived the Great
Chicago Fire of 1871. South from the Water Tower, Michigan Avenue to
the Chicago River Bridge is known as the "Magnificent Mile".
I used to walk past it daily to and from "Trib Tower" and my
apartment.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4092/4989250547_c5dea43df2_b.jpg
Nice!
--
And I won't like [this usage] any better if you produce examples from
Shakespeare, Milton, Johnson ... Or, indeed, myself. --Mike Lyle
Kerr-Mudd, John
2024-10-12 09:12:12 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
Post by Sam Plusnet
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
Ha! In France that would be a water tower IIRC.
Some friends bought a house near the Dordogne, on "Rue du Château
d'Eau". It sounded quite posh.
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
[1]
"#6 of 11 things to do in Mount Jackson"
<https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g57993-d14997592-Reviews-Apple_Basket_Water_Tower-Mount_Jackson_Shenandoah_County_Virginia.html>
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Eno8Et44igFPiHZ6

Nice. Not that there's a lot of themepark action when you get there.
--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.
Adam Funk
2024-10-13 11:55:18 UTC
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:56:53 +0100
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Sam Plusnet
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by Adam Funk
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Peter Moylan
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Of the same general style as the castle in Cheeseburg.
I've just realised that there *is* a place in Germany called Käseburg.
Defend the cheese!
Once when driving from Munich Airport to Prien (on the Chiemsee) I got
a little lost on the outskirts of Wasserburg, so I stopped at a filling
station to get advice. The lady I spoke to spoke very little English,
but she tried to be helpful, and she told me I should continue to the
middle of Water Castle and turn right.
Ha! In France that would be a water tower IIRC.
Some friends bought a house near the Dordogne, on "Rue du Château
d'Eau". It sounded quite posh.
I have seen a few very nice water towers, e.g., the apple basket in
Mount Jackson [1], Virginia, but I don't recall anything other than
purely functional ones in France.
[1]
"#6 of 11 things to do in Mount Jackson"
<https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g57993-d14997592-Reviews-Apple_Basket_Water_Tower-Mount_Jackson_Shenandoah_County_Virginia.html>
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Eno8Et44igFPiHZ6
Nice. Not that there's a lot of themepark action when you get there.
I assume you have to leave I-81 for items 1--5 and 7--11.
--
skating away
on the thin ice of the new day
lar3ryca
2024-10-08 03:01:05 UTC
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Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Right, and Burgers live there, nicht wahr?
--
Which side of a chicken has more feathers?
The outside.
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-08 08:15:24 UTC
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Post by lar3ryca
Post by Bertel Lund Hansen
Post by Ross Clark
I'd go helico|pter. But it's no worse than extracting "-burger" from
hamburg|er.
That is not too bad. It's from "Hamburg" - a Burg (castle) named Ham.
Right, and Burgers live there, nicht wahr?
Nicht ganz - es sind Bürger.
--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
lar3ryca
2024-10-08 23:21:11 UTC
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Nicht ganz - es sind Bürger
Entschuldigen Sie, mein Deutsch ist voller Aal.
--
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
lar3ryca
2024-10-08 02:56:09 UTC
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Post by lar3ryca
Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
--
They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.
Tony Cooper
2024-10-08 03:30:35 UTC
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[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
Maybe in Canada, but here in the US the short term is "chopper". I've
never seen/heard "copter".
lar3ryca
2024-10-08 03:56:32 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia] is a
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of memory,
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined with [an
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
Maybe in Canada, but here in the US the short term is "chopper". I've
never seen/heard "copter".
Hmm... chopper here too, though perhaps less than copter.
When I was in the RCAF we also called them 'whirlybirds'.
They were often describes as 20,000 essential parts, all flying in close
formation.
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What's another word for synonym?
Snidely
2024-10-09 01:01:04 UTC
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Post by Adam Funk
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Post by Adam Funk
[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however,
[destinesia] is a
Post by Adam Funk
crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack of
memory,
Post by Adam Funk
from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and combined
with [an
Post by Adam Funk
deleted] part of a Latin root.
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
Maybe in Canada, but here in the US the short term is "chopper". I've
never seen/heard "copter".
Hmm... chopper here too, though perhaps less than copter.
When I was in the RCAF we also called them 'whirlybirds'.
They were often describes as 20,000 essential parts, all flying in close
formation.
"Whirlybirds" was a 60s TV show, about the same time as "Hiway Patrol"
and well before "CHiPs". I think police crew, two-seat bubble cockpit,
and a series of rescues probably near Santa Susanna Pass which is close
to Beautiful Downtown Burbank.

/dps
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Maybe C282Y is simply one of the hangers-on, a groupie following a
future guitar god of the human genome: an allele with undiscovered
virtuosity, currently soloing in obscurity in Mom's garage.
Bradley Wertheim, theAtlantic.com, Jan 10 2013
Bertel Lund Hansen
2024-10-08 08:18:06 UTC
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Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
Maybe in Canada, but here in the US the short term is "chopper". I've
never seen/heard "copter".
"Chopper" is well-known in Denmark. I haven't heard "copter" either.

A Danish joke (not funny) is "hellig ko Peter" (hellig = holy)
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Bertel
Kolt, Denmark
Snidely
2024-10-09 00:57:40 UTC
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[...] In terms of care about word coinage, however, [destinesia]
is a > > crime scene. Amnesia is a-mnesia (the mn of mnemonic), lack
of memory, > > from Greek; so the second element is mutilated and
combined with [an > > deleted] part of a Latin root.
Post by Adam Funk
I would like to introduce "quadcopter" as evidence.
Ouch!
I have always accepted that one without an 'ouch'. It was joined (or
preceded), by 'octocopter' and 'hexacopter'.
Yabbut splitting heli|copter and taking "copter" for new words is
etymologically wrong; it's supposed to be helic|opter (spiral wing).
Yabbut 'copter' is the most common short-form term for helicopter.
Maybe in Canada, but here in the US the short term is "chopper". I've
never seen/heard "copter".
I hear both over here on the Left Coast. Chopper seems to have slipped
in percentage over the years; "helo" and "helly" are barely a blip.

Florida may be short on good chopper flying weather for a bit. Hope
you escape the need for plywood windows.

/dps
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