Comment on xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool

EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  meaning “of the stars” (from Latin, as opposed to Astral from the Greek)

  used in modern English in “consider” (literally: with the stars, meaning to scrutinize the sky).

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  • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Subscribe

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    • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah, that’s sub + scribere: “write under”, as in signature. No relation to sidereal.

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What would the bird version of “consider” be?

    Conavis?

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• toyvo@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I get I never learned phonetics but how tf do you pronounce upside down e

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  • kholby@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s the phonetic symbol for schwa, which is like a relaxed “uh” sound.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh it’s so obvious now.

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• InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Like ethereal

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Side real

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