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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But Antarctica doesn’t derive from “not Arctic”, but from ‘opposite of Arctic’. The bear part is right, though.

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And wouldn’t you say the opposite of bearlandia is not-bear-landia?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

As I said, “opposite of”, not “the opposite of”