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Baby Names
| August 1st, 2011 at 4:05:09 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 545 Posts: 6198 |
The pla stem word means "flat", so it gives us words like plaza. The word "centa" also means cake. The noun placenta refers to a "flat cake shaped organ" and is from the 16th century. It's sort of like the word rectum which mean straight or right. We "rectify" the situation. It's also used to refer to the straight portion of the lower intestines, as opposed to the curvy section. In geometry you would have to teach 9th graders the term latus rectum with respect to conic sections. It's a straight line that goes through the focus and is perpendicular to the axis. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| August 1st, 2011 at 9:09:12 AM permalink | |
| seviay Member since: May 19, 2010 Threads: 15 Posts: 131 |
That's incredible. Is it pronounced Pla-sent-shuh, Pla-sen-ti-a, or something else? BTW, I'm pretty sure the daughter's name wasn't a tribute or a shout-out to the city, but it's good trivia to know there's a city named that. |
| August 1st, 2011 at 9:10:18 AM permalink | |
| buzzpaff Member since: Mar 8, 2011 Threads: 82 Posts: 2835 | A friend of my dad's owned a bar named Otto's in Baltimore. His full name was the same, spelled frontwards or backwards, OTTO MOTTO Buzz Paff |
| August 1st, 2011 at 9:24:43 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 313 Posts: 6771 |
Cool! Otherwise known as a palindrome. A well known one is A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL, PANAMA. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| August 1st, 2011 at 10:56:38 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Nov 17, 2009 Threads: 113 Posts: 2041 |
"Racecar" is another. |
| August 1st, 2011 at 12:00:15 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 218 Posts: 7274 | Would you belive I've heard people claim palindromes only exist in Spanish? That's mindless cahauvinism for you. No, wait. "Mindless chauvinism" is a pleonasm... This space is closed for remodeling |
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