rico (he/him) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-square71fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (he/him) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-square@DerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish51•edit-23 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.
minus-square@joelfromaus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoI hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
minus-square@xmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink10•3 months agoSeeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
minus-square@corsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months ago Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives. … until someone uses ‘literally’ as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
minus-square@poweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 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