Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by bee_rider on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:32AM
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It is sort of funny that when shortening it in English, we ended up with “bot,” dropping the “ro,” which looks like the more important part of the word.
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Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by Loughla on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:37AM
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I'm betting it's because Rob as a shortened version doesn't work.
Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by tsunamifury on Monday January 22, 2024 @10:21AM
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I’ve heard this shortening by Russians also American English “robo” was common
Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by int_19h on Monday January 22, 2024 @04:24PM
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Wouldn't be the first time. The English word "bus" is derived from a neologism "omnibus", "for all" (as in, "carriage for all") invented to describe the first attempts at mass transportation using horse carriages. In that word, "omni-" corresponds to "all", and "-bus" is just a suffix indicating dative declension of a plural noun.