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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoBut Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAnd wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAs I said, “opposite of”, not “the opposite of”
But Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.
And wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?
As I said, “opposite of”, not “the opposite of”