Dumb question........=-)

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Jan 23 2002, 12:27 pm
When I was at school yesterday, I saw a keychain that my friend had, it was a unicorn. I started to think, uni = one.....now what is a corn? Shouldn't it be uniHorn? HHHMMMMmmm......
Jan 23 2002, 12:28 pm
The Wizard of How wrote:
Shouldn't it be uniHorn?

Cosmic radiation mutated the corn, turning it into a rough, spiral bone protrusion. You didn't cover this in your assorted biology classes?

--Tarmas.
Jan 24 2002, 3:11 pm
In response to Tarmas
Cosmic radiation mutated the corn, turning it into a rough, spiral bone protrusion. You didn't cover this in your assorted biology classes?

Damn, I knew being a Computer Science major would bite me in the ass some day.
Jan 24 2002, 7:13 pm
Even though this was most likely intended as a joke... I figured I'd ruin the fun and give a straight answer...

Somehow..."corn" and "horn" are connected in some ancient language... "Cornucopia" means "Horn of Plenty"... So "unicorn" DOES in fact mean "one horn"...
Jan 25 2002, 8:07 am
So, you can grasp that "uni" means "one," but not that "corn" means "horn?" For that matter, why don't we call triceratops trihornsonhead?
Jan 25 2002, 10:36 am
In response to Lesbian Assassin
Lesbian Assassin wrote:
So, you can grasp that "uni" means "one," but not that "corn" means "horn?" For that matter, why don't we call triceratops trihornsonhead?

Lexy, you're a veritable hornucopia of reason.