Re: What two words . . . ?

[Tim Folkerts <Tim.Folkerts@valpo.edu>]

> A lurker has privately solved the puzzle of homonyms which are also 
> antonyms.  He is William M. Wehrbein; he says he heard it 20 or 30 
> years ago; so I guess I cannot claim first discovery :(  Are you ready?
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> CLEAVE and CLEAVE

There are some other (more specific) examples that I have seen:

   When you TRIM a Christamas tree, are you adding to it 
      or taking something off?

    DUSTING can mean to REMOVE dust (furniture) 
      or ADD dust (crop dusting, dusting for finger prints).

   A CHECK is something you RECEIVE at work
     but PAY at a restaurant.



---   Tim Folkerts


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Timothy J. Folkerts               Tim.Folkerts@valpo.edu
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy      219-464-6634
Valparaiso University
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