this thread revived my highschool nightmares (often in german)
https://twitter.com/antifatwa/status/961854642681335809 …
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Replying to @zerdeve
TBF English has quite a few of these. As soon as I remember what they are called I can Google a list of them.
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Ah, there we go! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym …
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I really love: "Fast" as an adjective or adverb can mean "without moving; fixed in place", as in "holding fast" (also as in "steadfast"), or it can mean "moving quickly."[2][8]
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And: "Left" can mean "remain" or "leave" ("He left the room" or "He was the last one left in the room")
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And also: "Off" can mean "activated" / "beginning to make a noise" (e.g. "The alarm went off") or "deactivated" / "ceasing operation" (e.g. "The alarm turned off by itself").
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Now imagine arriving at York without never having spoken English in your life (just reading very specific academic papers)
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Yorkshire is a tough accent as much as everything else too.
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Indeed!
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OMG look at all these! https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_contranyms …
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