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  • Malcolm Herbertmherbert
    Aug 12, 2026, 1:26 PM

    saw this on BlueSky and instantly thought @futzle would be interested ... some fascinating Oddnesses in here, mostly that kilo and milli are both a 1000 measure, but we don't use them that way now ...

    a post from o-craven-canto (social platform unknown) which reads: Alternate timeline in which all Greek and Latin roots are swapped: catastrophe -> contraverse cephalopod -> capitoped chlorophyll -> viridofolia democracy -> populimpery homicide -> anthropoctony homosexual -> equigamic kilometer -> millimensure interregnum -> mesarchy magnanimous -> megapsychic manuscript -> chirography motorcycle -> ergatorote microscope -> parvovisor oxygen -> acidofex polyamory -> multierasty television -> remotoscope universe -> monostrophe any typos mine, apologies
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