Contronyms
A contronym is
a word which means
its own opposite. An example is clip
: it means both to
fasten & to attach. Very cool.
A contronym is
a word which means
its own opposite. An example is clip
: it means both to
fasten & to attach. Very cool.
Found a great explanation of why Chinese is so difficult to learn. Some of the points aren’t quite fair—e.g. the fact that it’s not Indo-European doesn’t make any difference to, say, a Cherokee—but others are quite insightful.
Oddly enough, I kinda want to learn Chinese now…
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