The word “short” actually has more letters than “long,” which feels ironic because their meanings are opposite. But that happens because:
• Word length doesn’t always match meaning. English words come from different roots (Old English, Latin, Germanic, etc.), so their spelling evolved separately from their meanings.
• “Long” comes from the Old English lang, while “short” comes from sceort. Both changed over time, but one just ended up with more letters.
It’s basically an accidental irony of English etymology.
2025-10-02 14:38:33
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️ :
early can I get a hi
2025-10-01 10:14:22
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Hyra🤭 :
Why is the word abbreviation long when it means shortened
2025-10-02 06:20:35
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Zigglet🇱🇾 :
Why does the number 4 in Arabic contain five letters and the number 5 contain four letters?
2025-10-01 15:19:41
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cool-cris :
but the word longer is longer than short
2025-10-01 19:22:59
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Evangelos :
isn't that concerning?
2025-10-04 06:02:45
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;) :
this is concerning actually
2025-10-03 01:19:37
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Mc Ray-D 😎 :
Have u ever seen a natural blond Chinese person
2025-10-02 04:41:57
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Syazrain Nazeem :
so short have more word than long
short has 5 word and long have 4 word
2025-10-02 14:53:25
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elephant in the room :
why is "ten" more less than "seven". think about it, seven had 5 , ten had 3
2025-10-01 17:52:45
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Bobby Sachs :
No, it’s not at all !!!! Who cares !!!
2025-10-04 14:22:17
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