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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Peculiar

Does peculiar mean 'special' or 'specific'?
  

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" This trait is pecular/specific to this particular species. ", we would reply [Do you mean] "funny-peculiar" or "funny-ha-ha"? That's funny/strange/peculiar, I could swear I locked the door!

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I don't believe it means "special."

This trait is pecular/specific to this particular species.

It's also used casually to mean "strange," or "not what I was expecting," or "difficult to explain."

When we were little, when someone would say, "That's funny!",
we would reply [Do you mean] "funny-peculiar" or "funny-ha-ha"?

That's funny/strange