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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
All languages are like that that. That's why they are languages, and not equations.
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I will agree that language is fluid and context matters, but most languages are not as messed up as English is. The biggest reason is English has taken from so many languages over the year. It is the true Franken-language.
What other language uses the same word to have entirely different meanings.
Cleave and buckle for instance?
Why was the bridge was buckled? Fastened securely? Bent out of shape? Probably the second since it's rare to use it in the first instance in that context, but it is not an incorrect usage of the term.