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Misleading words play a major role in this! What are misleading words Misleading words try to mislead us. Are you now wondering how that is possible Take a look at this brain teaser: Which word does not belong in the list Tomato soup, vegetable soup, pumpkin soup and queen soup… The correct answer is queen soup! You don't have to guess what the ingredients are for the first three soups . Tomato soup contains tomato, vegetable soup contains a lot of soup vegetables and pumpkin soup contains pumpkin of course.
We don't doubt that. But what exactly is in queen soup to be a bit more difficult. I recently saw a little girl in the supermarket. She stood in line with her mother at the checkout. My daughter talked a little too loudly to her mother. I secretly photo editor enjoyed their conversation: Mom, why is queen soup called queen soup Are there pieces of queen in the soup I really don't want to hear that! It goes without saying that everyone who stood at the register loved this interesting conversation between mother and daughter.
What had this girl experienced firsthand How difficult it can be to deduce the meaning of a new word… and especially if this word is also misleading. And let's face it, every language has misleading words. When is a word misleading In this article, by misleading words, I mean terms that initially mislead us. The terms have meanings of their own that are not logical and difficult to deduce. So the meaning is surprising. Misleading words in other languages Misleading words with a surprising meaning do not only occur in Dutch or German, of course.
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