The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 8 days agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down111
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minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up55arrow-down1·8 days agoUnlock-able versus un-lockable
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up35·8 days agoThat’s mental bracketing for you.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 days agoTIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoIs that ass on lock for being unlockable, or is that lock ass for being unlockable?
Unlock-able versus un-lockable
That’s mental bracketing for you.
TIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
Unlockable ass-lock
Is that ass on lock for being unlockable, or is that lock ass for being unlockable?
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