Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down

Shhh! Nobody tell them about "inside out."

How else would one interpret it?

Now explain why some people are "down for things" while others are "up for it"

Wait until you find out “bottoms up” isn’t about a group of people taking an elevator to get mimosas

Brave of you to post this

Good grief...

TIL that people didn't get this. I had a similar situation where I would pronounce unleaded as unleeded

Wait until you learn the news is new.

Well, yeah. That's.. how words work?

Does "right-side up" mean the right side is up or the "right" side is up? English does not make sense

also hi binette

Always funny to see native speakers discover trivial facts about their language

This reminds me of the time I had a co-worker tell me "That's why they call it 'work'. 'Cause you're working!"

I'm my language it's "bottom up" (ondersteboven).

Also came to a similar realization in my language with "averechts", which means the other way around.

Rechts = right (side, from my pov)

Averechts = ave ( dialect for "your") right side.

You're basically communicating "my right or your right". Asking for right or left can be done by saying rechts or averechts.

Also besides ondersteboven and averechts, we have achterstevoren, which means back side in front.

The opposite of "upside down" is not "downside up", but "right-side up".

The opposite of "right-side up" is not "left-side down", but "upside down".

Ladies, gentlemen, and all in between. The English language.

Once you get a handle on inside out you can check out this ok go song

https://youtu.be/LWGJA9i18Co

Holy shit does that mean that inside out means the inside is out? 🤯

Thank God, another stupid person like me. We are strong in numbers.

The letter W is both called "double-U" and looks like two letter Us combined (in some curvy fonts at least)

And then someone tries that again with "Just realized that "downside up" means "the down side is up", making it downside up" to see if it makes anymore sense.

Heh good insight.

(Ps I also have these thoughts about breaking words down (unicorn is uni-corn) and some people get really snarky about it. Don't let bad comments get to you.)