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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread urbanity #148071 09/20/2005 2:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky This word appears in a definition on a certain "worthless words" site , thusly: wit, repartee; liveliness; urbanity This would seem to give urbanity a positive connotation. What I'd like to know is: does rurality then have a negative connotation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: urbanity #148072 09/20/2005 5:17 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City >> does rurality then have a negative connotation?<< The *word* is "bumpkin," dahling. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: urbanity #148073 09/21/2005 6:24 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Sometimes one "opposite" is hiding another: from the OED: 1898 Maitland Township & Borough 13 A difference between..urbanity and rusticity. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter rusticity #148074 09/21/2005 11:53 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Iron Mountain, MI TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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