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Someone with absurd views on language learning
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04 February 2010 at 4:37am | IP Logged

zooplah wrote:

Mercurial and phlegmatic are just adjectives derived from Mercury and phlegm.

Yes, they are derived from those two, but their common meanings do not follow from the derivation--that's why I chose them as examples. :) For instance, "mercurial" does not generally mean "like mercury, the element." It usually means fickle or capricious. "Phlegmatic" does not usually mean "full of phlegm," but rather "dull, torpid, lethargic."

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