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Sue Imgrund's avatar

“Sanction” is an interesting one, depending on whether it’s used as a verb or a noun (usually in the plural)

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Nick Asbury's avatar

Yes, not sure if I've seen it causing arguments in quite the same way. But it's definitely a good example of a word that mean two almost opposite things – give approval for, or impose penalties on.

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Nick Parish's avatar

Nice one. Miles more road on this journey, too. Lots of pavement between Lojban and the outskirts of E-Prime.

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Nick Asbury's avatar

Thanks - E-Prime is a rabbithole I have yet to fall down, but it sounds fascinating.

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Max Wardeh's avatar

I’d like to submit a patch request for the word “pay”:

https://twitter.com/outspanned/status/1440279968554967057?s=21

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Nick Asbury's avatar

Ha, very good.

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