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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.

If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Friday, November 02, 2007

Words that are their own antonyms

T-Rex has been introduced (by God, but that's a whole different storyline) to what they call "homographic homophonic autantonyms" and he totally fell for them. As how could he not? (Select the comic to actually read it!)

i looked up "emo" on wikipedia, and apparently there's a new form of music based on emo, but with more yelling into the microphone! guys. it's called "screamo".

(I had learned these as a somewhat simpler "autoantonym" and have a list of them here.)

1 comment:

John Evo2:24 AM, November 03, 2007
Ridger -

If things like this interest you, then you are a prime candidate to join me in reading Steve Pinker's new book "The Stuff of Thought"!

And if you are interested in reading (and being an atheist) you are a prime candidate to join us in the Non-Believing Literati! Check it out here
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