>In English calling something “shit” means it’s bad but calling something “the shit” means it’s good
In English calling something “shit” means it’s bad but calling something “the shit” means it’s good
Jack Butler
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Levi Garcia
ayo dis shit is bussin fr fr
Hudson Hill
You mean in ebonics
Jordan Smith
Well yeah you don't want any old shit. You need THE shit.
Anthony Gray
The [good] shit
Jaxon Wilson
>confuses and enrages the ESL
Bentley White
>>In English calling something “bad” means it’s bad but calling something “not bad” means it’s good
Jayden Jackson
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Parker Watson
KEK WHAT?
DO THEY REALLY?
Nicholas Cox
consider the word "ass"
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Julian Martinez
>in English, "anything but ____" means everything except what is listed but "anything but _____" also means exclusively what's listed
Zachary Rivera
>in Turkish calling something "taşak" (testicles) means it is of bad wuality but if you call someone "taşaklı" (one eith testicles) it means "you are strong and brave"
Aaron Gutierrez
it exists as anglicism in german but it is "der Shit" whereas literally translated it would be "die Scheiße". Why it changes gender tho i don't know
Andrew Morales
>"anything but _____" also means exclusively what's listed
Give an example. Do you mean Everything but?
Austin Adams
That's not ebonics you ESL
William Cooper
WHOOOOOOOO?
Justin Barnes
That is an exercise for the reader.
Juan Hernandez
yeah ass normally meant anything bad, it was always the butthole. only degenrates were attracted to it.
and degens became the majority nowadays.
Carter Butler
I mean, some of these only have different meanings when used as different types of words (like Noun,Verb, Adverb, etc.) but yea context is key with this stuff. Adjective order is also a huge thing we native English speakers take for granted.
Benjamin Johnson
Anthony Miller
Made for BBC
And the woman too