tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8965265099988437006..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Unique" is a very unique wordMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-8571680984230964622010-01-31T01:33:18.896-06:002010-01-31T01:33:18.896-06:00Jerry Smith, I agree wholeheartedly.
Unique means ...Jerry Smith, I agree wholeheartedly.<br />Unique means singular, one of a kind, not almost one of a kind, or very one of a kind, that word, unique, says all it needs to say.<br /><br />As Minnesotastan says, binary, on or off. Either unique, or not unique. One or the other, black or white, no shades of grey.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62373669347867729972010-01-31T00:27:47.040-06:002010-01-31T00:27:47.040-06:00@Jerry - re my view of enormity, see my post from ...@Jerry - re my view of enormity, see my post from July 2008 -<br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2008/07/defining-enormity.html<br /><br />and especially the one from June 2009 -<br /><br />http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2009/06/enormity-vs-enormousness.htmlMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91650131693220398392010-01-30T22:20:37.040-06:002010-01-30T22:20:37.040-06:00"Very unique" makes me grind my teeth. S..."Very unique" makes me grind my teeth. So does "enormity" when it's used to express "magnitude."<br /><br />But I'm an old fudd, and will be dead soon, so you kids should go right ahead and use the English language any way you want until you devolve back into grunts and hand gestures because no one can remember what the words meant.Jerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116540065811848200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32946799434841135512010-01-30T18:27:31.166-06:002010-01-30T18:27:31.166-06:00I'm not sure it has to be about a difference i...I'm not sure it has to be about a difference in meaning, really. It seems to me that sense (2a) can be paraphrased as "different from everything else". Now, can you say "very different from everything else"? Sure you can, and that's what "very unique" means. <br /><br />QED?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21699352835591342882010-01-30T18:08:40.970-06:002010-01-30T18:08:40.970-06:00Thing is, we have other perfectly good words for 2...Thing is, we have other perfectly good words for 2b and 3. We ought, IMHO, to reserve "unique" for senses 1 and 2a.swift lorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597982295984103297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29466687284507179932010-01-30T17:07:41.007-06:002010-01-30T17:07:41.007-06:00how do you shoot a grey elephant?
-With a grey-el...how do you shoot a grey elephant?<br /><br />-With a grey-elephant-gun?<br /><br />Oh, No,no,no<br />-You tickle him pink, and shoot him with a pink-elephant-gun!soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50286644993742513662010-01-30T17:05:23.281-06:002010-01-30T17:05:23.281-06:00How do you shoot a pink elephant?
-With a pink-el...How do you shoot a pink elephant?<br /><br />-With a pink-elephant-gun.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79131819710048437252010-01-30T13:53:56.581-06:002010-01-30T13:53:56.581-06:00You really should try harder to resist your very u...You really should try harder to resist your very unique impulse to try to regale us with corny jokes. TYVM.bigjohn756noreply@blogger.com