The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down15
arrow-up1420arrow-down1imageAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up40·18 hours agoUnlock-able versus un-lockable
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up26·17 hours agoThat’s mental bracketing for you.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoTIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours 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?