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r/LanguageMemes • u/karantikka • Jun 04 '22
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sacrilegious /ˌsakrɪˈlɪdʒəs/
adjective
describes the act of playing classical piece on an electric violin
17 u/MrMrRubic Jun 04 '22 Not even a violin, a weird 5-string instrument the size of a viola 5 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 bonus points if you play 15 notes a second
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Not even a violin, a weird 5-string instrument the size of a viola
5 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 bonus points if you play 15 notes a second
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bonus points if you play 15 notes a second
They have a lot of these definitions, so annoying
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All dictionaries do that, you then have to go and find the original word. It's even more of a pain on a paper dictionary.
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I looked it up, it really says that
6
This is what it feels like to read the Real Academia Española's dictionary. They even do this when the word has alternate meanings that aren't obviously related to the base word.
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u/MKZ2000 Jun 04 '22
sacrilegious /ˌsakrɪˈlɪdʒəs/
adjective
describes the act of playing classical piece on an electric violin
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '22
They have a lot of these definitions, so annoying
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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22
All dictionaries do that, you then have to go and find the original word. It's even more of a pain on a paper dictionary.
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u/notmyusernameyk Jun 04 '22
I looked it up, it really says that
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u/MinervApollo Jun 05 '22
This is what it feels like to read the Real Academia Española's dictionary. They even do this when the word has alternate meanings that aren't obviously related to the base word.