Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11か月前English is a strange language.lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1109file-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.worldshitposting@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1109external-linkEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlGartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11か月前message-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmyshitpost@lemmy.worldshitposting@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225 I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.
minus-squareGartenschretel@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211か月前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.
minus-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11か月前Damn i should’ve just googled the translation correctly lol. Thank you so much
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.
Damn i should’ve just googled the translation correctly lol. Thank you so much