Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlGartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
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-squareUltraHamster64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoCan someone please explain the joke. I already saw this like two times and still can’t figure it out
minus-squareGartenschretel@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoA 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.
Can someone please explain the joke. I already saw this like two times and still can’t figure it out
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.