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Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:46 pm
by Sleet
Or: Fun with Linguistics!
In this game, we list words that share common roots, one at a time. The easiest way to explain this is to give an example:
Chloroform
Chloroplast
Amyloplast
Amylase
DNA helicase
Helicopter
Ornithopter
Ornithology
Psychology
Psychopath
Telepath
Telephone
Xylophone
Xylophage
Anthropophage
...And so forth.
If you say a word that does not have a common root, but only sounds like it (example: dinosaur -> dinoflagellate: "dino-" comes from the Greek "deinos", meaning terrifying for dinosaur, and "dino" meaning rotation for dinoflagellate), you will receive a strike. All strikes are listed on this first post for all to see and laugh at.
We all got that? Alright! I'll start where that last one left off:
Anthropophage
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Strikes:
yehoshua
Tattorack
Seth
Seth
Seth
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:57 pm
by CaptainPea
Anthropometry
if I understand correctly
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:07 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Anthropomorhism.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:23 pm
by CaptainPea
Polymorphism
Are we meant to volley between beginning and ending roots (probably are better words for these but I'm not a linguist) as per the example, or is that not necessarily a rule?
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:28 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
polygon
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:36 pm
by CaptainPea
Pentagon
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:37 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Pentagram
(I like that we mods are the only ones playing this game so far.)
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:43 pm
by CaptainPea
Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:05 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
not sure.
Telephone
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:03 pm
by yehoshua
Telegraph. (non mod combo-breaker!)
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:09 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
photograph
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:26 pm
by yehoshua
Photoelectric
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:32 am
by Sleet
CaptainPea wrote:Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
Yes it is.
CaptainPea wrote:Are we meant to volley between beginning and ending roots (probably are better words for these but I'm not a linguist) as per the example, or is that not necessarily a rule?
It's more fun that way, but it's not required. For some instances, it's pretty much impossible to do it that way. Like with my next word.
Piezoelectric
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:37 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
but it is possible: Piezometer.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:53 am
by Dissension
Sphygmomanometer.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:58 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Sphygmochronograph. Google is my friend.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:00 am
by Sleet
Mimeograph.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:32 am
by ctcmjh
Mimeoscope
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:51 am
by Sleet
Endoscope
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:06 am
by Kitela
Endocrinology
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:38 am
by Sleet
Mammalogy.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:35 pm
by IJustWantLove
Astrology
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:07 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Astrophysicist.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:11 pm
by CaptainPea
Astronaut
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:12 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Cosmonaut
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:18 pm
by CaptainPea
Cosmological
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:51 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
physiological
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:11 pm
by Psykeout
Physiotherapy
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:15 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Aromatherapy
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:41 pm
by Sleet
Aromaticity
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:49 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Aromatic
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:07 am
by IJustWantLove
Romantic (I think that works... -tic)
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:12 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Romance
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:13 am
by Sleet
Romanticism
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:14 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
Cynicism
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:32 am
by Psykeout
Cynical
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:34 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
cyclical
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:38 am
by IJustWantLove
cycle
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:38 am
by Psykeout
unicycle
hey guys
this game is more fun when your root is at least four letters long
we can say "tic" and "al" and "ness" all day long.
Re: Switch the Root!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:48 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
unicorn