Not what we expected…

  • terminatortwo@piefed.social
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    4 months ago

    Not really, it’s just more common!

    Drop is a contronym, it means its own opposite, and its use as “disappear” or “appear” extends waaay back. Eg. Usage as in Drop a line or drop a letter go as far as the 1700s.

    So just a different line in a long history of drops.

    https://www.oed.com/dictionary/drop_v

    • glimse@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Would “dropping” a letter not be letting it go from your hand into the mail box?