Here's a couple of references to "self-antonyms" (or contranyms):
http://people.csail.mit.edu/seth/misc/selfantonyms.html and http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2005/03/dialectal-self-antonyms-and-lexical-differences.html to which I would add the adjective "moot". On 10/10/07, Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The recent discussion on names reminds me of an observation > known to old-time APLers: Ravel, the name of the monad , , > means the same as unravel. > > I wonder if there are other English words having that property? > That is, x where x and un-x (or dis-x etc.) mean the same. > As far as I am aware, "hevelled" is not an English word, but > if it sounds like it should mean the same as "dishevelled". > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
