One of the more interesting prefixes in the English language has to be “ig”. I looked it up and it turns out “ig” comes from the Latin “ignis” which mean “fire” but we non-Latins use it to mean “something that’s lacking”. For the Latinians an example might be the word “ignite” which they translated to “not lighted” although we use it to mean “the action of lighting something”. Confused? I know I am.
The winners of the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel prizes for this year include the developers of robot zombie spiders, a smart toilet, research into rock licking and an analysis of nose hair numbers.
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London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in both their nostrils? Does
How do you feel when you read the same word many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in both their nostrils? Does electrifying your tongue change the taste of the food you are eating? These were among the vital questions answered by the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes.