The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · vor 17 TagenAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down18
arrow-up1466arrow-down1imageAre we just making up language rules as we go?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · vor 17 Tagenmessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·vor 17 TagenUnlock-able versus un-lockable
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up23·vor 17 TagenThat’s mental bracketing for you.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·vor 17 TagenTIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·vor 16 TagenIs that ass on lock for being unlockable, or is that lock ass for being unlockable?
Unlock-able versus un-lockable
That’s mental bracketing for you.
TIL the thing I do when I’m trying to understand an ambiguous sentence has a name
Unlockable ass-lock
Is that ass on lock for being unlockable, or is that lock ass for being unlockable?
XKCD #37