Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by meepmorp on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:57AM
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Russian isn't Czech and there are a lot of false cognates between the two.
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Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by pvg on Monday January 22, 2024 @11:34AM
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These aren't false cognates though, they're actual cognates. Cognates can have different meanings. You might be thinking of 'false friends'.
Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by torstenvl on Monday January 22, 2024 @12:01PM
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My absolute favorite false cognate is 'arraigned' (English) vs. 'araignée' (French).
Arraignments would be far more nervewracking if they significantly involved spiders.
Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by yread on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:19PM
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I like vonet and pachnout
Re:A Man Who Coined the Word "Robot" Defends Himself
by hirsin on Monday January 22, 2024 @02:31PM
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Interestingly, the Chernobyl liquidators forced to clean the roof were referred to as robots. I think the TV series expanded that to "bio robots", but books about the incident from tbe nineties simply used robot.