Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoSomething-mologyfeddit.nlimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareGartenschretel@sh.itjust.worksOPtoLinguistics Humor@sh.itjust.works•English is a strange language.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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. linkfedilink
Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 years agoEnglish is a strange language.plus-squarelemmy.mlimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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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.