dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agocodinglemmy.caimagemessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1686
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minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat depends entirely on whether the un- prefix only negates the other un- prefix, or the entire adjective.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe thing is that ‘un’ is different from stuff like ‘not’, ‘non’ and the likes, because it is not just denying the referred word but saying that the effect of the referred word was reverted somehow.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYou’re thinking a little too hard about a silly joke
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYour silly joke was on Programmer Humour. You might find geeks and nerds here. Overthinking is our ikigai. Now get out of line and continue with further analysis of the ‘un’
That depends entirely on whether the un- prefix only negates the other un- prefix, or the entire adjective.
The thing is that ‘un’ is different from stuff like ‘not’, ‘non’ and the likes, because it is not just denying the referred word but saying that the effect of the referred word was reverted somehow.
You’re thinking a little too hard about a silly joke
Your silly joke was on Programmer Humour. You might find geeks and nerds here.
Overthinking is our ikigai.
Now get out of line and continue with further analysis of the ‘un’