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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down

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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

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I’ve had similar realizations about words like “across” and “again”.
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  I get “across”, but what about again?
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    A gain. In addition to.
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    “A gain” as in one more. Gain meaning “an increase in amount”

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