The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down16
arrow-up1363arrow-down1imageAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·14 days agoUnlock-able versus un-lockable
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·14 days agoThat’s mental bracketing for you.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoTIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 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?
XKCD #37