{"id":45236949,"user":"jasonjmcghee","time":1757817203,"time_ago":"a day ago","type":"comment","content":"

I'm more concerned about V X Y all being identical.

How will I know if it's waxy or wavy?","comments":[{"id":45236993,"user":"throwaway808081","time":1757817865,"time_ago":"a day ago","type":"comment","content":"

Like all of language: context.

Why would hair be like 80s synthpop, or potatoes be in any way related to a by-product of honey?","comments":[{"id":45238157,"user":"xboxnolifes","time":1757834617,"time_ago":"17 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Hair can be either waxy or wavy or both.","comments":[{"id":45238443,"user":"IshKebab","time":1757839247,"time_ago":"16 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Her long blond waxy hair blew in the wind.

Context.","comments":[{"id":45238611,"user":"jonathrg","time":1757841709,"time_ago":"15 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Her wa[]y hair was a challenge for the hairdresser","comments":[{"id":45238779,"user":"IshKebab","time":1757844902,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

I'm not saying the context always disambiguates it. You can have ambiguous sentences even with perfect fonts.","comments":[{"id":45239528,"user":"oneeyedpigeon","time":1757855253,"time_ago":"11 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

The judge delivered an ambiguous sentence.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":5,"url":"item?id=45239528"}],"comments_count":1,"level":4,"url":"item?id=45238779"}],"comments_count":2,"level":3,"url":"item?id=45238611"},{"id":45238766,"user":"lelanthran","time":1757844635,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

> Her long blond waxy hair blew in the wind.

Same question as GP - how can you tell if that was meant to be waxy or wavy?","comments":[{"id":45238777,"user":"IshKebab","time":1757844823,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

From the context. Long hair blowing in the wind is a description of beautiful hair. Wavy hair is beautiful; waxy hair is not.

This is very obvious to most people.","comments":[{"id":45238841,"user":"Biganon","time":1757846006,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

"I'll have you know that some people find waxy hair beautifully therefore your example is invalid and I am very intelligent"

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