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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoBut Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 days agoAnd wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoAs I said, “opposite of”, not “the opposite of”
But Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.
And wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?
As I said, “opposite of”, not “the opposite of”