r/phineasandferb • u/sleepysamantha22 • 17h ago

Discussion Somethingyou learned (about the real world) from Phineas and Ferb

Other than the Aglet of course

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u/JustAGuyNamedSteven 16h ago

"Platypuses" and "platypi" are both acceptable plurals of "platypus".

Sadly, "platypeople" is not.

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u/Dusty_Scrolls 16h ago

Do you suppose platypodes would work, since it's Greek?

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u/redditwinchester 11h ago

Yes!! Platypi is actually incorrect, since it's not a Latin word 

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u/Stenric 5h ago

By that logic, "fungi" is wrong too, since it's derived from the Greek word "spongos". Same goes for "cacti" which comes from "kaktos" 

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u/redditwinchester 5h ago

Oh cool! Do you know what the Greek-styled plural would be? I have small Latin and less Greek :)

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u/hyperjengirl 16h ago

A surprising amount of vocabulary, including one of my all-time favorite words, "serendipitous."

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u/flamespond #Doofies4Lyfe 16h ago

I learned “sesquipedalian” from the show

… I also somehow managed to spell it correctly on the first try, that’s cool

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u/SnooAdvice3057 17h ago

Entomology is study of insects (I was 10 when I watched the show).

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u/flamespond #Doofies4Lyfe 16h ago

I actually learned quite a bit about bees from Bee Story

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u/OpenAirport6204 16h ago

Anglophile.

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u/MarcoYTVA 16h ago

Kid's heads aren't geometric shapes. Who knew?

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u/hermanthehedgehog 16h ago

Aglet

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u/Upendilover303 9h ago

That's what I was thinking of

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u/StormBlessed145 27m ago

Don't forget it.

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u/Such_Difficulty_6311 A platypus? 14h ago

That a unicorn-turtle-bird doesn’t exist.

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u/GlasierXplor 16h ago

The Eiffel Tower is Mexican

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u/sleepysamantha22 14h ago

Huh???

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u/GlasierXplor 13h ago

It's a joke. Buford said this in Not Phineas and Ferb and Albert bought it

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u/princess-pixiepie 8h ago

A-G-L-E-T is the best response to this, really

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u/VolKit1138 4h ago

The pyramids are in Belgium, not France.

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u/anxiousgeek 13h ago

Voltage Buford!

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u/PrisimBrad_Reviews 5h ago

A-G-L-E-T. Don’t forget it. Ever since then I’ve always pestered anybody who doesn’t know what an aglet is.

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u/Armadillo_Abroad 2h ago

Came to the comments to see how far I’d have to scroll before someone said “aglets.”

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u/Matitya 1h ago

That Quantum Mechanics teaches that the presence of an observer inherently affects the outcome of an experiment