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 L O W L A N D S - L - 19 January 2014 - Volume 02<br><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a> - <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/" target="_blank">http://lowlands-l.net/</a><br>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000">From: </font>Mike Morgan <<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>><font color="#000000"><br>

Subject: </font>LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.18 (03) [EN]</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<div>Well, there is "out of luck"... but I too am not sure "I lucked out" would ever be taken to mean no luck...<br><br></div>As for strangely similar/confusing opposites, a favourite (and a real bugabear for L2 learners who learn that adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives) is:<br>

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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">vs</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">I hardly worked.</span><br>

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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">sign language linguist / linguistic typologist</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">

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<font color="#000000">From: </font><span name="Kevin Caldwell" style="font-size:13px">Kevin Caldwell</span><span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span><span style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="mailto:kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net" target="_blank">kevin.caldwell1963@verizon.net<br>

</a></span><font color="#000000">Subject: </font><span style="white-space:nowrap">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.18 (01) [EN]</span></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">

<font color="#000000"><br></font><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I don’t think I’ve ever heard “I lucked out” with the meaning “I was unlucky.” That would be “I crapped out” (referring to the game of craps).<br>

</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> <br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Kevin Caldwell<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Laurel, MD</span> </blockquote>

<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">David Pinto <a href="mailto:david_e_pinto@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">david_e_pinto@yahoo.ca</a></span>  </blockquote>

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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.04 (01) [EN]<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">In addition to ''I could care less" and "I couldn't care less",<br>

</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">here are some other absurdities in English.<br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">"I lucked out" can mean "I was lucky", BUT it can also mean<br>

</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">"I was unlucky."<br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">If something is described as being "inflammable", that means that it can<br>

</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">catch fire.<br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">So what does "flammable" mean? It means exactly the same thing.<br>

</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">David</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">

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