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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread contronym #50103 12/16/01 06:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I found the use of "visible and invisible" as contronyms a bit hard to accept. Not particularly useful as the number of such pairs would be so large. While searching on Internet, I found a new site that I think might interest many members: http://rinkworks.com/words/linguistics.shtml It gives many useful definitions. I hope it is new. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: contronym #50104 12/16/01 07:11 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass bill, my reading of the 'contronym' entry was that visible and invisible were used to show the contronymity of "out", and not that these words were themselves contronyms. in fact, a contronym is one word not two (which is why his using cleave as an example of a contronym reeks of bogosity!!). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: contronym #50105 12/16/01 08:26 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Ok, I know I haven't lost my mind on this one. I actually looked to see if somehow my screen had come up on page 2 of the thread. Where, please, was this use of the words 'visible' and 'invisible', 'out', and 'contronym' for that matter, gentlemen? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter #50106 12/16/01 08:29 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: contronym #50107 12/16/01 08:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Jackie: Tsuwm and I are talking about the last "Today's Word". Dear tsuwm: My vision is not very good, but when a light is out, it is not invisible to me until it is over a hundred yards awy. I just feel that bit was not up to Wordsmith's standard. I suppose you could say when the moon is out, we see its light. When a light bulb is out, we see no light from it. And our saying a light is "out" is a carry-over from days of candles and lamps. I think we now more often say a light is "off" referring to action of switch. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,335 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 487 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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