WTF, English?

Aug. 14th, 2015 01:29 pm
luzula: a Luzula pilosa, or hairy wood-rush (Default)
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Why on earth does the word "sanction" mean both "official permission/approval" and "penalty for disobeying a law"? Those are almost opposite meanings...
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Date: 2015-08-14 01:59 pm (UTC)
jjhunter: profile of human J.J. with goggles and a band of gears running down her face; inked in reds and browns (steampunk J.J.)
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Aw, thanks. And I will always be happy to link & proselytize about
The dictionary your dictionary could spell like. :oD

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Date: 2015-08-14 02:08 pm (UTC)
luzula: a Luzula pilosa, or hairy wood-rush (Default)
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Oh god, that gives me weird images in my head of anthropomorphized dictionaries on white horses!

I'm on a pun

Date: 2015-08-14 02:48 pm (UTC)
jjhunter: closeup of library dragon balancing book on its head (library dragon 2)
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I have it, it's an app with deliciously dicty diction for that language you love. Look again, the definitions are now hyperlinked.

:oD

(Now I really want an icon of an anthropomorphized dictionary on a white horse!)
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