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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on June 30, 2014, 08:44:20 PM

Title: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: JuST Peter on June 30, 2014, 08:44:20 PM

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Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: Biggles on June 30, 2014, 08:55:56 PM

Whew!  I won't ever be "completely finished", but I teeter on the brink of being "finished completely"!

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: JuST Peter on June 30, 2014, 09:05:36 PM

Quote from: Biggles on June 30, 2014, 08:55:56 PM

Whew!  I won't ever be "completely finished", but I teeter on the brink of being "finished completely"!

:grin

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: StinkyPete on June 30, 2014, 11:27:27 PM

English is stupid....

Normally a prefix will alter the meaning of a word to it's opposite, such as Valid and Invalid, but Flamable and Inflamable mean the same thing.  Go figure.

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: gaz on July 01, 2014, 01:41:16 AM

 :crackup

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: Shiney on July 01, 2014, 10:59:19 PM

Nice one  :crackup :rofl :crackup :rofl

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: STroppy on July 02, 2014, 08:12:48 AM

 :hatwave  :beer

Title: Re: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Post by: alans1100 on July 02, 2014, 12:43:51 PM

Quote from: StinkyPete on June 30, 2014, 11:27:27 PM

English is stupid....

Normally a prefix will alter the meaning of a word to it's opposite, such as Valid and Invalid, but Flamable and Inflamable mean the same thing.  Go figure.

Or

past and future use of the same word (spoken in brackets)

today I read (red) a book and tomorrow I will read (reed)