rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?71541
53what’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago71
Show ContentDerisionConsulting@lemmy.caEnglish521·4 months agoIn English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things. You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder. You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.
Show Contentjoelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish4·4 months agoI hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
Show Contentcorsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish4·4 months ago Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives. … until someone uses ‘literally’ as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
Show Contentpoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish5·4 months agoShelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively
In English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things.
You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder.
You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.
Cleave is my personal favorite
Almost as good as Greater Cleave
I hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
My poppy seed bagel has entered the chat…
… until someone uses ‘literally’ as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
Shelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively