The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1495arrow-down18
arrow-up1487arrow-down1imageAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up42·23 hours agoUnlock-able versus un-lockable
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up28·22 hours agoThat’s mental bracketing for you.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·22 hours agoTIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 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?