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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I tell you what burns my butt, and yes, I have been livid about this since a small child. It isn't a grammar point, but at this point, who cares. Lime. Why do we use the same word for such vastly different things? Maybe it's a citrus fruit, but maybe it's the "caustic highly infusible solid that consists of calcium oxide often together with magnesium oxide, that is obtained by calcining forms of calcium carbonate (such as shells or limestone), and that is used in building (as in mortar and plaster) and in agriculture." WTF? One is delicious (albeit sour), while the other is f'ing [i]caustic[/i]. When I learned that soap could be made by treating animal fat with lime, I envisioned something much different than the reality. Jesus. I am still mad. [/quote] Wait til you hear about 'cleave'![/quote] Cleave is like my favorite word precisely because of its two opposite meanings. :D [/quote]
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