LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.19 (02) [EN]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmbombay at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.18 (03) [EN]

Well, there is "out of luck"... but I too am not sure "I lucked out" would
ever be taken to mean no luck...

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:

I worked hard.
vs
I hardly worked.


mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)
sign language linguist / linguistic typologist
academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research
NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal


From: Kevin Caldwell kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net
> Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.18 (01) [EN]


> 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).
>
> Kevin Caldwell
> Laurel, MD



> From: David Pinto david_e_pinto at yahoo.ca

 Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2014.01.04 (01) [EN]
>>
>> In addition to ''I could care less" and "I couldn't care less",
>> here are some other absurdities in English.
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>> "I lucked out" can mean "I was lucky", BUT it can also mean
>> "I was unlucky."
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>> If something is described as being "inflammable", that means that it can
>> catch fire.
>>
>> So what does "flammable" mean? It means exactly the same thing.
>>
>> David
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