minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•what’s the weirdest word in your language?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 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. linkfedilink
minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•RulelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoIs it a DMT trip, or do you just like the band Tool? linkfedilink
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.