• keepcarrot [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I think I'm sort of getting the same thing with sentences learning a second language. I know a word is supposed to be in there, but I can't remember exactly where, so it goes somewhere in the middle at a guess.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      One of the oddities in English is the tendency to insert extra "n"s into words. Ravager turns into Ravanger (or more commonly Ravenger), turret turns into turrent.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      I love the word trebuchet because...

      • It's a siege engine and even though it was horrible in real life - I love it in movies.
      • My favorite font is Trebuchet MS. It's easier to read for dyslexics.
      • It's a symmetrical chess situation where the player who must move loses. Oh, man - it's too hard to explain so it's Wikipedia to the rescue. It's a kind of zugzwang.
    • Umechan [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Trench-a-butt sounds like carving a hole in someone's ass. Maybe it would work for obtaining military secrets from enemy captives, but it probably wouldn't be effective as a siege weapon.