regular reminder that helicopter isn’t a compound of heli and copter. it’s helico and pter.
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@nycki lol good point!
helipad is funny as heck!
tetropter could be better but idk i’m not a prescriptivist
this is not to say that they should change. i am not a prescriptivist.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categor…
interestingly, ornithopter and synchropter already fit this -pter format
most of these could be “fixed” to align more closely with pter
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categor…– gyrocopter -> gyropter
– octocopter -> octopter
– parcelcopter -> parcelopter
– quadcopter -> quadopter? tetropter might be better hereen.wiktionary.org/wiki/helicop…
greek helico + pter
roughly spiral + wing
@ben my favorite thing about the word helicopter is that it’s been regrouped as “quadcopter” (four-winged? I guess that’s technically correct) and “helipad” (spiral platform? absolutely not)
hell yeah
helicopterodactyl
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