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Sleet
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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
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CaptainPea
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Re: Switch the Root! Anthropometry
if I understand correctly
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! Anthropomorhism.
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CaptainPea
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Re: Switch the Root! 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?
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! polygon
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| Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:28 pm |
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CaptainPea
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Re: Switch the Root! Pentagon
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! Pentagram
(I like that we mods are the only ones playing this game so far.)
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CaptainPea
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Re: Switch the Root! Come on guys don't you like etymology
We should get Ebly here for this
Is Telegram the same sense of gram?
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! not sure.
Telephone
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yehoshua
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Re: Switch the Root! Telegraph. (non mod combo-breaker!)
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! photograph
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yehoshua
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Re: Switch the Root! Photoelectric
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Re: Switch the Root! Yes it is. 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
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Re: Switch the Root! but it is possible: Piezometer.
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Dissension
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Re: Switch the Root! Sphygmomanometer.
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Re: Switch the Root! Sphygmochronograph. Google is my friend.
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Re: Switch the Root! Mimeograph.
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Re: Switch the Root! Mimeoscope
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Re: Switch the Root! Endoscope
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Kitela
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Re: Switch the Root! Endocrinology
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Re: Switch the Root! Mammalogy.
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Re: Switch the Root! Astrology
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"Anabelle Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! Astrophysicist.
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CaptainPea
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Re: Switch the Root! Astronaut
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Re: Switch the Root! Cosmonaut
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Re: Switch the Root! Cosmological
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Re: Switch the Root! physiological
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Re: Switch the Root! Physiotherapy
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Re: Switch the Root! Aromatherapy
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Re: Switch the Root! Aromaticity
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Re: Switch the Root! Aromatic
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Re: Switch the Root! Romantic (I think that works... -tic)
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Re: Switch the Root! Romance
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Re: Switch the Root! Romanticism
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Re: Switch the Root! Cynicism
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Re: Switch the Root! Cynical
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RandomGeekNamedBrent
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Re: Switch the Root! cyclical
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Re: Switch the Root! cycle
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"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
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Re: Switch the Root! 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.
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Re: Switch the Root! unicorn
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