{"id":8104,"date":"2004-10-25T01:43:18","date_gmt":"2004-10-24T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/25\/on-english-language\/"},"modified":"2005-04-20T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2005-04-20T09:38:02","slug":"on-english-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/25\/on-english-language\/","title":{"rendered":"On English language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is amazing how typing mistakes can sometimes result in words with a totally opposite meaning. On one occasion I came across the combination of “hire” and “fire”. Just one letter makes a difference between getting a job and losing one. A couple of days ago I have also learned that “friend” and “fiend” can bare oppsite meanings. Today I saw “Therapist” and “The rapist”. Again, one letter makes all the difference…<\/p>\n

If you came across examples of one letter changing meaning to opposite, let me know through the comments.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

It is amazing how typing mistakes can sometimes result in words with a totally opposite meaning. On one occasion I came across the combination of “hire” and “fire”. Just one letter makes a difference between getting a job and losing one. A couple of days ago I have also learned that “friend” and “fiend” can … Continue reading On English language<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2416],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7696,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/07\/20\/acronyms-and-abbreviations\/","url_meta":{"origin":8104,"position":0},"title":"Acronyms and abbreviations","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 20, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Stands4.com is the biggest collection of acronyms and abbreviations that I have seen so far. 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