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    Quote Originally Posted by today View Post
    I dont understand it, explain in simple terms for *******s like me.
    *Searches for ''hello''*
    *Finds more words for ''hello''*
    *Picks the word ''greetings''*
    *Goes to ''greetings''*
    *Finds more words for ''greetings''*
    *Picks the word ''aquaintance''*
    *Goes to ''aquaintance''*
    *Finds more words for ''aquaintance''*
    Lets say another word under ''aquaintance'' was ''goodbye.''
    Then you've gone from ''hello'' to ''goodbye'' by scanning the other words and eventually ending up with a word which is the opposite of the first word you picked.

    I hope this has cleared things up for you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by syko2006 View Post
    *Searches for ''hello''*
    *Finds more words for ''hello''*
    *Picks the word ''greetings''*
    *Goes to ''greetings''*
    *Finds more words for ''greetings''*
    *Picks the word ''aquaintance''*
    *Goes to ''aquaintance''*
    *Finds more words for ''aquaintance''*
    Lets say another word under ''aquaintance'' was ''goodbye.''
    Then you've gone from ''hello'' to ''goodbye'' by scanning the other words and eventually ending up with a word which is the opposite of the first word you picked.

    I hope this has cleared things up for you.
    Your my ideal translater. thankyou hahah!

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    I think talking about it has made me realise its probably possible. since words have different meanings. Anyways its for a project, i hope to write 30 pages of other meanings spiralling from the start word. I will let you know if i succeed.
    COS A SED SO RITE.

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    Bloody hell, is this for uni work?

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    Quote Originally Posted by today View Post
    Your my ideal translater. thankyou hahah!
    No worries haha!

    Quote Originally Posted by Papershop View Post
    I think talking about it has made me realise its probably possible. since words have different meanings. Anyways its for a project, i hope to write 30 pages of other meanings spiralling from the start word. I will let you know if i succeed.
    I thought that haha! At first I didn't think it was possible, but then I thought into it a little bit more and it's changed my perception of the idea. I think if it was possible then it'd be very hard to find a word to start/end up with haha.

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    yea... its taking me about 2 weeks to come up with this, i kinda like to take a step beack and observe before i rush in so i have about 2 weeks left. ;-)
    COS A SED SO RITE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Papershop View Post
    yea... its taking me about 2 weeks to come up with this, i kinda like to take a step beack and observe before i rush in so i have about 2 weeks left. ;-)
    Oh, nice haha! Good luck with future discoveries!

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    I think he means by going through a whole range of words until you get to the opposite meaning. Kinda like what happens on Wikipedia sometimes, where you follow link after link after link. Although, I believe a thesaurus is limited to what words you can follow?

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    i admit i might end up in a loop of the same words appearing, but meh, i can always improvise and use 'slang' words or whatever.
    COS A SED SO RITE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brandon View Post
    Taking a word, using a thesaurus to look at other words and finally get to the original words antonym. It's genius!

    I'm sure it's possible but with hello and bye I doubt it.
    Yeah as Brandon said it's probably possible with some words but certainly not something as simple as hello and bye. Good question though!

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