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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"Centipede" means 100 feet.

"Millipede" means 1000 feet.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're right, I meant feet. Fixed!

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Phew because essentially* I was like


* essentially in no way whatsoever

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It bothers me more than you that it was wrong, so I appreciate the correction!

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

Don’t tell me how I feel 🙅😂

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am aware of how prefixes work

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

In this case it's what the prefixes mean that's relevant.