victoria

victoria wrote

Reply to enkephalin and encephalitis are pronounced differently despite the same root by oolong

this is because enkephalin is derived directly from greek (εγκέφαλος) whereas encephalitis is derived from the (new) latinized "encephalon" (which is derived from the greek)

however even if greek weren't involved here you would still have the same problem because "c" in classical latin is generally pronounced as /k/ whereas in ecclesiastical (church) latin it is usually pronounced /t͡ʃ/. a good example of this most people know about is the 2 pronunciations of "Caesar". another medical example is the class of cephalosporin antibiotics, some people pronounce it with /s/ and some with /k/

and of course just to make it worse the latin and greek terms for something are often completely different and are both used for different derived words. like ren/nephros for the kidney (whence both "renal" and "nephritis"), pulmo/pneumonas (whence "pulmonary" and "pneumonectomy"), diaphragma/phren, etc. (actually both of these are greek terms for the same thing lol)

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victoria wrote (edited )

Reply to this is a real company that exists, apparently by emma

it doesn’t help that Ass is the German word for the playing card (Ace) so there are all sorts of things called Ass ostensibly to demonstrate superiority. like this security alarm company called ASS, and this engineering firm called ASS and a cleaning company called ASS that has signs all over the place here, and also this playing card trademark called ASS

and also ASS is the abbreviation for aspirin lol. when used as an anticoagulant (lowest dose) the generic name is THROMBO-ASS which is just…. really unfortunate

it's even the abbreviation for autism spectrum disorder (Autismusspektrumstörung) :/

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