colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square98linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up48·edit-22 months agoWhy do we have 2 separate words for good and bad? Good and ungood are totally sufficient. (reference)
minus-squaredbx12@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 months agoSpin it further and get rid of “great” and “outstanding”. I suggest using plus good and double plus good.
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThat’s actually how it works in Irish. The word for good is deas, while the word for bad is deas prefixed with the negating particle mí, so mídheas. (There are still separate words for tge cardinal directions).
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIs it? I tried checking in a dictionary but it didn’t list mídheas as a word and “deas” was defined as right/nice/honest, not just “good”
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe complement of good, u good, I cludes things that are neither good not bad (neutral)
Why do we have 2 separate words for good and bad? Good and ungood are totally sufficient.
(reference)
Spin it further and get rid of “great” and “outstanding”. I suggest using plus good and double plus good.
Doubleplusgood
That’s actually how it works in Irish. The word for good is deas, while the word for bad is deas prefixed with the negating particle mí, so mídheas.
(There are still separate words for tge cardinal directions).
Is it? I tried checking in a dictionary but it didn’t list mídheas as a word and “deas” was defined as right/nice/honest, not just “good”
The complement of good, u good, I cludes things that are neither good not bad (neutral)