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English is a strange language. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225

I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.

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[-] Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A word is hyphenated if it is written with a hyphen, i.e. '-'. So the joke is the word hypenated is not hyphenated, so non-hyphenated, while the word non-hyphenated is hyphenated.

[-] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Damn i should've just googled the translation correctly lol. Thank you so much

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