English language or dictionary is full of words having more then two meanings e.g.
some sentences like
He became a math teacher due to some prime factors.
The constipated mathematician worked it out with a pencil
She thought her nose was running but its not
The optician got caught in the lens grinder and nearly made a spectacle of himself
He's blunt but he has a point.
I bought a wooden whistle but it wooden whistle.
I bought a steel whistle but it steel wooden whistle.
I bought a tin whistle, and now I tin whistle.
2007-03-19 20:29:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In the English language, there are 26 different pronunciations of the letter "A". In the Spanish language, there is one.
2007-03-19 20:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got heard it pronounced from different people who've English as their 2d or third language that there are a marvelous type of words of their very very own language that would no longer be translated into English because of the fact there are only no English words for them. certainly, having 2 or 3 meanings isn't in basic terms genuine to the English language. It additionally applies to different languages.
2016-10-01 05:19:38 · answer #2 · answered by barnell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worse still are idioms that appear to be synonymous but actually mean practically the opposite,
You can tell a woman she looks a vision but try telling her she looks a sight…..
Or those that apparently have opposing meaning but mean the same
“The application falls to be refused” means the same as “The application stands to be refused”.
I am sure there are a few more but it is 7 a.m. and I am still waking up....
2007-03-19 20:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not only English language like this, all around the world languages have metaphors and words that have more then one mining.
2007-03-19 21:37:12 · answer #4 · answered by lencic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋