94: Mailbag of Sextillion and Three

Dr Kelly Wright is helping us understand the link between public health and language maintenance. And she’s helping us with our voluminous Mailbag!

• Why can you have a TRIFECTA, but not any other number -FECTA?
• Why does a SEXTILLION (with a prefix meaning six) have seven chunks of zeros?
• What do CHOPSTICKS have to do with chopping?
• And what’s the -ER in words like RUBBER, AFTER, and TEMPER?