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What hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?

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Tell us why we should unexpectedly come to love your hobby.

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The word is not “heli” though. It’s “helico”.

Like in the helicoprion (a shark with a spiral think on it’s mouth) or a helicograph (a tool to draw spirals).

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fubo@lemmy.world
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Or, y’know, a helix.

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Yes, that is where it comes from.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/helico

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/helico-

Doesn’t change the fact that the word helicopter splits into “helico” and “pter” with the later meaning wing or feather in greek.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pter-

It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.

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It’s a helico-pter “spiraling wing”, not a heli-copter.

TIL

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