UrPartnerInCrime to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMaybe I’m wrong, but maybe we should also say right and counterright. Tight and countertight. Open and counteropen.
minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMaybe we should say a lot of things in more logical ways. Unfortunately, language evolves naturally over time and that comes with these kind of oddities
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrimeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMy dude, I was joking. I’m trying to evolve the language I guess.
Maybe I’m wrong, but maybe we should also say right and counterright. Tight and countertight. Open and counteropen.
Maybe we should say a lot of things in more logical ways. Unfortunately, language evolves naturally over time and that comes with these kind of oddities
My dude, I was joking. I’m trying to evolve the language I guess.