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Man Has A Complete Meltdown Over How Stupid The English Language Can Be, We Couldn't Agree More

Man Has A Complete Meltdown Over How Stupid The English Language Can Be, We Couldn't Agree More
Why in the hell would "unravel" and "ravel" mean the same thing? Is this some sort of riddle?
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@dangerbean55 Me and my homies always cry when we fish ๐Ÿค #skit #sketchcomedy โ™ฌ original sound - dangerbean

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  1. Andy 1 week ago

    It's cool but not just a thing in English. It's pretty common phenomenon for words to mean their opposites. They are called contranyms and are found in all languages.


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