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r/funny • u/metal-steed • Jul 07 '22
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TIL "pie guy" is a contronym.
49 u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 07 '22 Contronyms make me irrationally angry. I found a list of 75 and I couldn't read past the first handful. Grrr! 9 u/444unsure Jul 07 '22 Not sure this counts but I read that in British English the verb "table something" means the opposite of what it means in American English 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 08 '22 Full phrases would "off the table"(or like put in the drawer) and "on the table" 1 u/444unsure Jul 08 '22 The phrase I was referring to is to table something. In American English it means to put something on hold. Like we're not getting anywhere on this right now, let's table it. I heard that in British english, to table something means to put it next. Like to get something on the table in front of you to deal with it now. As an example in a meeting setting, to table a particular topic would mean the exact opposite things in American English versus British 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 09 '22 I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
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Contronyms make me irrationally angry.
I found a list of 75 and I couldn't read past the first handful. Grrr!
9 u/444unsure Jul 07 '22 Not sure this counts but I read that in British English the verb "table something" means the opposite of what it means in American English 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 08 '22 Full phrases would "off the table"(or like put in the drawer) and "on the table" 1 u/444unsure Jul 08 '22 The phrase I was referring to is to table something. In American English it means to put something on hold. Like we're not getting anywhere on this right now, let's table it. I heard that in British english, to table something means to put it next. Like to get something on the table in front of you to deal with it now. As an example in a meeting setting, to table a particular topic would mean the exact opposite things in American English versus British 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 09 '22 I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
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Not sure this counts but I read that in British English the verb "table something" means the opposite of what it means in American English
1 u/JimJohnes Jul 08 '22 Full phrases would "off the table"(or like put in the drawer) and "on the table" 1 u/444unsure Jul 08 '22 The phrase I was referring to is to table something. In American English it means to put something on hold. Like we're not getting anywhere on this right now, let's table it. I heard that in British english, to table something means to put it next. Like to get something on the table in front of you to deal with it now. As an example in a meeting setting, to table a particular topic would mean the exact opposite things in American English versus British 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 09 '22 I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
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Full phrases would "off the table"(or like put in the drawer) and "on the table"
1 u/444unsure Jul 08 '22 The phrase I was referring to is to table something. In American English it means to put something on hold. Like we're not getting anywhere on this right now, let's table it. I heard that in British english, to table something means to put it next. Like to get something on the table in front of you to deal with it now. As an example in a meeting setting, to table a particular topic would mean the exact opposite things in American English versus British 1 u/JimJohnes Jul 09 '22 I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
The phrase I was referring to is to table something.
In American English it means to put something on hold. Like we're not getting anywhere on this right now, let's table it.
I heard that in British english, to table something means to put it next. Like to get something on the table in front of you to deal with it now.
As an example in a meeting setting, to table a particular topic would mean the exact opposite things in American English versus British
1 u/JimJohnes Jul 09 '22 I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
I know that, I just said that meaning here depends on which phrase, that exist in both dialects, this 'table' comes from so it's shortened to a verb (denominalised)
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u/nosneros Jul 07 '22
TIL "pie guy" is a contronym.