minus-squareDerisionConsulting@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•what’s the weirdest word in your language?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down1·edit-27 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.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should it be against the rules (on sites in general) to mention a troll's alias in an expose/callout, even though the troll lies about everything about themselves and is a known catfisher?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoThis isn’t really a question, but a very thinly veiled accusation. Maybe post this somewhere that it belongs. 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.