rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agowhat’s the weirdest word in your language?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarewhat’s the weirdest word in your language?rico@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days 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-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days 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.
Shelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively