Wordsmith Talk		About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us

Active Topics

Active Posts

Unanswered Posts

Search

Advanced

You are not logged in. [Log In] Wordsmith.org » Forums » General Topics » Q&A about words » Dis/uninterested Register User    Forum List        Calendar     Active Topics     Search     FAQ

Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Topic Options #114338 - 10/24/03 07:54 PM Re: Dis/uninterested Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA Faldage: "I plead not guilty to any charge of default and yartery." Father Steve: If someone were sitting on a beach in Mexico, drinking the local beer and thinking about AWAD, and typed in a question which had been answered sometime in the distant past, but which eluded the quixotic search engine of this website, would that person be accused of suffering from Corona-ry yartery disease? Top #114339 - 10/25/03 12:02 AM Re: Dis/uninterested consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2636 Loc: Caribbean would that person be accused of suffering from Corona-ry yartery disease? Not I 'cause I'd be sippin' on De Leon. Top #114340 - 10/25/03 07:51 AM Re: Dis/uninterested Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 ¡A mi, me gustaría tomar India! Top #114341 - 10/25/03 08:23 AM Re: Dis/uninterested maahey addict Registered: 12/03/02 Posts: 555 Kalyani? Top #114342 - 10/25/03 07:58 PM not another beer thread?!! wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3850 Loc: Worcester, MA cross-thread: Nero Wolfe once burned a dictionary because it stated that imply and infer were synonyms. and Webster's NI3 was (in 1961) roundly criticized for synonymizing dis- and un-interested. There. Back on the subject. Dislike and unlike are completely unrelated. Disapprove and "unapprove" (= rescind) are getting closer. Uncompliant and non-compliant? Only because the root has different meanings: (compliant = 1)obedient or 2)distensible) Top #114343 - 10/25/03 08:02 PM Eureka! wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3850 Loc: Worcester, MA Got one. Unused is different from disused: un- implies "never" and dis- implies (connotes? Sorry. Cross-threading again) "formerly but not any longer." "Disuse atrophy" is what happens to muscles that have lost their nerve supply because of trauma or (more often) stroke. Top #114344 - 10/25/03 09:44 PM Re: Eureka! of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park disabused and unabused--there's is an other.. (is this really subject really a YART? -- it seems all new to me.) _________________________ my other obsession Top #114345 - 10/25/03 09:54 PM Re: Eureka! Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont dis-enchanted un-enchanted [poof] _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #114346 - 10/26/03 08:58 PM Re: Dis/uninterested Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Disinfected/uninfected Discover/uncover Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #114347 - 10/27/03 06:07 AM Re: Dis/uncover Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 Good work, Bingley. The dis/uncover pair is the first one that wouldn't directly support the contention that the original defintions of dis/uninterested make more sense than the present-day prescriptions. They don't support the modern idea, either. Discover seems to be mostly more metaphoric. Top Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210120 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 jenny jenny 68 endymion6 68 wofahulicodoc 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Board Rules · Mark all read Default StyleBlackNTanDrabeBayGooG_v2infopoprounded_cornersSlatesnowsunny_dropshadowthebluesTouch_Of_Greyubbthreadsubbthreads-dark Contact Us · Wordsmith.org · Top

Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 2013 Wordsmith