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-anthropic: "…of humans" ← ανθρωπος = human -trophic: "feeding" ← τροφη = nourishment -tropic: "changing, turning" ← τροπος = turn but trophy ← trophaeum ← tropaeum ← τροπαιον "(monument commemorating) turning away the enemy" ← τροπος = turn

it seem like tropaeum becoming trophaeum is maybe a centuries-old hyperforeignism, like when people write habanero as habañero

does Metal Gear Solid (1998) hold up? at a glance it looks kind of incredibly non-janky for its time

for context I tried playing Ocarina of Time a few times in my life and I just couldn't stomach it

few foods upset me like the "French tacos." why does it look like that? why is it called that? why is it always pluralized. why is the place in antwerp called "O'Tacos" 🇮🇪☘️

in related French bafflement news: there were a lot, like a *lot* lot, of customer-facing signs and screens in France that said things like "I scan my purchases" instead of "please scan your purchases"

few foods upset me like the "French tacos." why does it look like that? why is it called that? why is it always pluralized. why is the place in antwerp called "O'Tacos" 🇮🇪☘️

guess the movie from the links in the Wikipedia plot summary [[Miniature art]] [[Tree nut allergy]] [[Anaphylactic shock]] [[Decapitation]] [[Séance]] [[Coven]] [[Paimon]] [[Spirit possession]] [[Piano wire]]

that one is easy. here's what I rewatched yesterday :) [[Climate change]] [[Stratospheric aerosol injection]] [[Ice age]] [[Cockroach]]

it's kind of amazing that the first vowel in "speedometer" is (for most people?) KIT/schwi/schwa and not FLEECE

I never realized how "USA" it is that the average caller on A Way With Words goes "oh wow, that's so interesting!" until they had a German lady call in and she went "mhm .... well yes... mhm... I knew that too"