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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoBut Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.
minus-squarenBodyProblem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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”