tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5222363650424398860..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Some "shower thoughts" about languageMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68629787769830627712015-09-06T12:55:58.983-05:002015-09-06T12:55:58.983-05:00Actually, there's a hidden assumption here: I...Actually, there's a hidden assumption here: Is the collection of all classes a class? We first need to determine that, before we go further.<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-69475217108027527202015-09-06T12:47:19.424-05:002015-09-06T12:47:19.424-05:00Wow! Thanks!
Lurker111
Wow! Thanks!<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8865900265831421512015-09-06T09:08:56.808-05:002015-09-06T09:08:56.808-05:00Lurker, allow me to add to your collection with th...Lurker, allow me to add to your collection with these two links, which I've been wanting to post for some years -<br /><br />http://www.futilitycloset.com/2006/09/30/self-contradicting-words/<br />http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/04/09/auto-antonyms/<br /><br />I've always called them "contranyms"<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonymMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5449698914409086702015-09-06T08:00:32.901-05:002015-09-06T08:00:32.901-05:00A late comment, but nevertheless:
I've begun ...A late comment, but nevertheless:<br /><br />I've begun collecting words that are their own opposite, e.g.:<br /><br />To table (an item): Opposite meaning on opposite sides of the Atlantic.<br /><br />Citation: Can be a good thing or a bad thing (praise, or a traffic ticket or bad-behavior report).<br /><br />Lurker111<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78331227755724933202015-01-30T09:16:21.948-06:002015-01-30T09:16:21.948-06:00Hah! The Heterological/homological "problem&q...Hah! The Heterological/homological "problem" is an example of Russell's paradox (e.g. "does the class of all classes include itself?" and so on) though I learned it as "heterological" and "autological" words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90683395518996946252015-01-30T08:51:44.636-06:002015-01-30T08:51:44.636-06:00and i thought all i had to worry about in the show...and i thought all i had to worry about in the shower was making sure that i washed off all the soap!<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-45686465089770236472015-01-28T17:08:49.571-06:002015-01-28T17:08:49.571-06:00Hypersyllabicsesquipedalianism is a dislike of mul...Hypersyllabicsesquipedalianism is a dislike of multisyllabic words....Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-6736877312278254892015-01-28T16:03:02.014-06:002015-01-28T16:03:02.014-06:00Yes, the only time the word incorrectly isn't ...Yes, the only time the word incorrectly isn't spelled i-n-c-o-r-r-e-c-t-l-y is when it's spelled incorrectly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28088623550162241672015-01-28T13:58:38.898-06:002015-01-28T13:58:38.898-06:00LOL. incorrectly...LOL. incorrectly...Sybil Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843202226149216923noreply@blogger.com