Comments on: Stupid is a noun if I say it’s a noun. http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/ Personality Prototype Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: exarch http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-792 exarch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:23:37 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-792 That's funny, I often think in English, despite that not being the language I normally speak. Perhaps because of its simplicity. And perhaps also the same reason I hate French and its complexity, which is why I'll always suck at it no doubt. Thankfully I don't normally have to speak French a lot either, although my current job has increased its usage. That’s funny, I often think in English, despite that not being the language I normally speak.
Perhaps because of its simplicity. And perhaps also the same reason I hate French and its complexity, which is why I’ll always suck at it no doubt.

Thankfully I don’t normally have to speak French a lot either, although my current job has increased its usage.

]]> By: exarch http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-2798 exarch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-2798 That's funny, I often think in English, despite that not being the language I normally speak. Perhaps because of its simplicity. And perhaps also the same reason I hate French and its complexity, which is why I'll always suck at it no doubt. Thankfully I don't normally have to speak French a lot either, although my current job has increased its usage. That’s funny, I often think in English, despite that not being the language I normally speak.
Perhaps because of its simplicity. And perhaps also the same reason I hate French and its complexity, which is why I’ll always suck at it no doubt.

Thankfully I don’t normally have to speak French a lot either, although my current job has increased its usage.

]]> By: Candice http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Candice Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:55:13 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-788 The way I see it, you need to successfully master the English language however you can (reading a whole lot, taking university courses, keeping away from rednecks, not living in Indiana, etc.), and then you should be allowed to mangle it however and as much as you like. That way, whatever you're trying to communicate is likely to be decoded more accurately than it might be using "correct" English, while on the other hand, people who break the rules before they bother to learn them just confuse the hell out of people. I find the English language clumsy. I don't necessarily think in English, unless I'm being firm with myself. I have my own set of... Eh. Gestalts? That's close enough to what I'm trying to say... Too hard to impart meaning if I have to translate into rigid English, following every damned rule precisely. (All of this despite my Canadian spelling is the One True Way Nazism.) The way I see it, you need to successfully master the English language however you can (reading a whole lot, taking university courses, keeping away from rednecks, not living in Indiana, etc.), and then you should be allowed to mangle it however and as much as you like. That way, whatever you’re trying to communicate is likely to be decoded more accurately than it might be using “correct” English, while on the other hand, people who break the rules before they bother to learn them just confuse the hell out of people.

I find the English language clumsy. I don’t necessarily think in English, unless I’m being firm with myself. I have my own set of… Eh. Gestalts? That’s close enough to what I’m trying to say… Too hard to impart meaning if I have to translate into rigid English, following every damned rule precisely.

(All of this despite my Canadian spelling is the One True Way Nazism.)

]]> By: Candice http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Candice Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-2797 The way I see it, you need to successfully master the English language however you can (reading a whole lot, taking university courses, keeping away from rednecks, not living in Indiana, etc.), and then you should be allowed to mangle it however and as much as you like. That way, whatever you're trying to communicate is likely to be decoded more accurately than it might be using "correct" English, while on the other hand, people who break the rules before they bother to learn them just confuse the hell out of people. I find the English language clumsy. I don't necessarily think in English, unless I'm being firm with myself. I have my own set of... Eh. Gestalts? That's close enough to what I'm trying to say... Too hard to impart meaning if I have to translate into rigid English, following every damned rule precisely. (All of this despite my Canadian spelling is the One True Way Nazism.) The way I see it, you need to successfully master the English language however you can (reading a whole lot, taking university courses, keeping away from rednecks, not living in Indiana, etc.), and then you should be allowed to mangle it however and as much as you like. That way, whatever you’re trying to communicate is likely to be decoded more accurately than it might be using “correct” English, while on the other hand, people who break the rules before they bother to learn them just confuse the hell out of people.

I find the English language clumsy. I don’t necessarily think in English, unless I’m being firm with myself. I have my own set of… Eh. Gestalts? That’s close enough to what I’m trying to say… Too hard to impart meaning if I have to translate into rigid English, following every damned rule precisely.

(All of this despite my Canadian spelling is the One True Way Nazism.)

]]> By: exarch http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-785 exarch Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:58:57 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-785 So that would make "stupid" a <i>nouny adjective</i> or something? So that would make “stupid” a nouny adjective or something?

]]> By: exarch http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 exarch Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-2796 So that would make "stupid" a <i>nouny adjective</i> or something? So that would make “stupid” a nouny adjective or something?

]]> By: Zap! http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Zap! Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:05:42 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-782 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/161 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/161

]]> By: Zap! http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Zap! Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-2795 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/161 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/161

]]> By: meangrape http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-781 meangrape Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:07:10 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-781 Do not! Do not!

]]> By: meangrape http://www.candicepayne.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/comment-page-1/#comment-2794 meangrape Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:07:00 +0000 http://www.negativesmart.com/2007/09/18/stupid-is-a-noun-if-i-say-its-a-noun/#comment-2794 Do not! Do not!

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