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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Inobvious #114312 10/24/03 04:13 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The spell-checker on my Microsoft Word 2000 program questioned my use of the word "inobvious" and recommended that I use "unobvious" insted. Ready to ridicule the byte-heads at Microsoft, I consulted the One-Look On-Line Dictionary and it told me that there is no such word. Alas. Can it be? I have used this word for decades. Am I speaking English here? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Inobvious #114313 10/24/03 10:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 OED doesn't even have it. Have you checked wwftd? Or maybe you should switch to disobvious (pre-cross-threading). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Inobvious #114314 10/24/03 11:27 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont or ask Ron... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Inobvious #114315 10/24/03 12:52 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 ask Ron Or Inron… Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter this may seem nonobvious, but #114316 10/24/03 01:11 PM Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7 R ron obvious stranger ron obvious stranger R Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7 MSW and OED may fail you, but you will no doubt be pleased to learn that the US end-all-and-be-all of lexicons (W3I) gives inobvious, with the obvious etymology in + obvious but no citations. ron obvious Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this may seem nonobvious, but #114317 10/24/03 08:10 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I'm feeling much better already. Padre Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: this may seem nonobvious, but #114318 10/24/03 11:07 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hey maybe they'll cite you and you can be even more famous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Fame #114319 10/25/03 12:05 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA "After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one." ~ Cato the Elder Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fame #114320 10/25/03 12:38 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont good one, Father. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fame #114321 10/25/03 03:06 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 See now, that's why you need a monument. I have no clue who Cato the Elder. Now if he had a monument, I'd go, "ooo, who was he, and why was he special enough to earn a monument?" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  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. 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