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Switch the Root!
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
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
_____
Strikes:
yehoshua
Tattorack
Seth
Seth
Seth
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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?
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?
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(I like that we mods are the only ones playing this game so far.)
(I like that we mods are the only ones playing this game so far.)
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Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
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not sure.
Telephone
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Yes it is.CaptainPea wrote:Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
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.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?
Piezoelectric
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but it is possible: Piezometer.
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Sphygmochronograph. Google is my friend.
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Astrology
"She was a child, and I was a child,
In this Kingdom by the sea.
But we loved with a love, that was more than love.
I and my Annabelle Lee"
"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
In this Kingdom by the sea.
But we loved with a love, that was more than love.
I and my Annabelle Lee"
"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
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Aromaticity
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Romantic (I think that works... -tic)
"She was a child, and I was a child,
In this Kingdom by the sea.
But we loved with a love, that was more than love.
I and my Annabelle Lee"
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But we loved with a love, that was more than love.
I and my Annabelle Lee"
"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
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Romanticism
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Cynicism
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cycle
"She was a child, and I was a child,
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I and my Annabelle Lee"
"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
In this Kingdom by the sea.
But we loved with a love, that was more than love.
I and my Annabelle Lee"
"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
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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.
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.
bwah bwah
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