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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (3 children)

English does it too, but we use ancient Greek and Latin to do it.

Hydro gen - water maker

Dis aster - bad star

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Helico pter - spiral wing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

TIL disaster = bad star, very cool!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We do it so often we have a term for it: compound words.

I would explain more but I gotta turn off my desktop computer and do some chores like loading the dishwasher and cleaning up the bathroom before I sit down and watch the baseball game this afternoon before my girlfriend comes over.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Also I have to work overtime at the bookshop because of greedflation