@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilink2•10 months agoMaybe I’m wrong, but maybe we should also say right and counterright. Tight and countertight. Open and counteropen.
minus-squareBig PlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months 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-square@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilink2•10 months 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.