Depends on your definition of “opposite” for some. “Me”, for example doesn’t have an opposite (there’s no word defined as “not me”), and words like “decline” or “reject” don’t necessarily convey the opposite of “take” (“give” might also be suggested, but “take” is not more its opposite than “spurn” or “deny”).
Indeed, for most of these words, there are significant changes in meaning brought by context, which change which word(s) could be thought of as “opposite”… and that’s if you accept the statistic, which I don’t since I’ve never heard of such a study. Of course, as you’ve tagged this “trolling”, it may just be a way to get people like me to rant (in which case, good job!).
(Especially good job, as I didn’t even consider lyrics when I read it… probably because I’ve tried to blot that stupid song from memory forever. Consider me trolled, but I stand by my points about English.)
Wow…people who take this seriously amaze me. After the 3rd word I knew what happened. Rick Rolling is awesome, and this may be one of the most imaginative ones I’ve seen.
WHICH people? Are all of these people speakers of English as a first language? Where are they from? What is their social background? How old are they? Are we to believe that they have no conception of the notion of, say, ‘up’ of ‘never’, or that they simply don’t know the appropriate word? This is far too sweeping a generalisation to mean anything, in my opinion – a conveniently shocking sound-bite taken without any consideration of context at all.
I find it hilarious and ironic that you would rant about this post being “without any consideration of context at all” while completely failing to consider the context.
Rick Roll’d
Savoir-Faire is Everywhere!
Depends on your definition of “opposite” for some. “Me”, for example doesn’t have an opposite (there’s no word defined as “not me”), and words like “decline” or “reject” don’t necessarily convey the opposite of “take” (“give” might also be suggested, but “take” is not more its opposite than “spurn” or “deny”).
Indeed, for most of these words, there are significant changes in meaning brought by context, which change which word(s) could be thought of as “opposite”… and that’s if you accept the statistic, which I don’t since I’ve never heard of such a study. Of course, as you’ve tagged this “trolling”, it may just be a way to get people like me to rant (in which case, good job!).
Jon – I’m shocked that you would ever think that I’d troll someone
LOL
So Jon, you are one of the 70%. Do you know what the mean of “is” is?
(Especially good job, as I didn’t even consider lyrics when I read it… probably because I’ve tried to blot that stupid song from memory forever. Consider me trolled, but I stand by my points about English.)
I now think humanity is slightly stupider than I previously thought.
1. Never
2. Going
3. To
4. Give
5. You
6. Up
I now think I’m stupider than I previously thought. I got Rick Rolled.
Wow…people who take this seriously amaze me. After the 3rd word I knew what happened. Rick Rolling is awesome, and this may be one of the most imaginative ones I’ve seen.
Haha. I got rickrolled, but not as bad as Kingosaurus.
What!?!
That’s a lie! You scared me to set up a lame joke?
WHICH people? Are all of these people speakers of English as a first language? Where are they from? What is their social background? How old are they? Are we to believe that they have no conception of the notion of, say, ‘up’ of ‘never’, or that they simply don’t know the appropriate word? This is far too sweeping a generalisation to mean anything, in my opinion – a conveniently shocking sound-bite taken without any consideration of context at all.
I find it hilarious and ironic that you would rant about this post being “without any consideration of context at all” while completely failing to consider the context.
Never,going,to,give,you,up.