• palordrolap@fedia.io
    2 months

    By comparative linguistics, “Twix” is clearly Germanic in origin, and the singular ought to be Onx.

    “Unix” is from the parallel Latinate sequence. Unfortunately, the parallel term to “Twix”, and the successor of “Unix”, ought to be Bix, which does exist, but is only found in Commonwealth English in the compound Weet(a)bix.

    Triscuits may seem to be relevant at this point, but are a part of neither sequence on account of actually being an abbreviation of “Electricity Biscuit”

    Dubious etymology is fun.