rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico (she/him)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·edit-211 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-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoSeeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 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.
Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
Shelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively