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Stumbled upon this from another community, do you agree? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I'm native Russian speaker and I often reflect on what I'm saying and how I say things. This is very counter-intuitive.

Do you know the joke that 'flammable' and 'inflammable' mean almost the same things? Guess what, in Russian I can give you a dozen of such pairs, some of them are essential in a casual conversation.