Mindscatter Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Dis is not a compound structure, it's a prefix used in derivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 (antidisestablishmentarianism is not good because "anti" is a compound). So is "dis". The English language has too many synonyms. Most of them could easily be replaced. by let's say' date=' doubleplusgood.[/s'] It's also far too verbose. With proper language alterations, the entire Declaration of Independence could be replaced by a single ten-letter word. Naturally, that word is CRIMETHINK. Big Brother is your friend. Big Brother is watching you. Big Brother is pure. Oceania is supreme. Big Brother is good. Down with Eastasia. Dis is not a compound structure' date=' it's a prefix used in derivation.[/quote'] Last time I checked, and what my English teacher has taught me, both "anti" and "dis" are prefixes. And neither of them are used to calculate the derivate of a function, thanksmuch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Dis is not a compound structure' date=' it's a prefix used in derivation.[/quote'] u think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakupenguin Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 how about oximoron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaos Pudding Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Going back to "sharp" versus "pointy", "sharp" implies an edge or plane, while "pointy" implies a convergence of edges or planes. Their usage is not interchangeable, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Going back to "sharp" versus "pointy"' date=' "sharp" implies an edge or plane, while "pointy" implies a convergence of edges or planes. Their usage is not interchangeable, in my opinion.[/quote'] Therefore, "pencil sharpener" is actually incorrect, amirite? Seeing as the tip is a convergence (Man, I love that word.) rather than a plane. "Pencil pointier" does sound iffy, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisa Kirisame-ze Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Funner is an actual word. I think it's useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaos Pudding Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Going back to "sharp" versus "pointy"' date=' "sharp" implies an edge or plane, while "pointy" implies a convergence of edges or planes. Their usage is not interchangeable, in my opinion.[/quote'] Therefore, "pencil sharpener" is actually incorrect, amirite? Seeing as the tip is a convergence (Man, I love that word.) rather than a plane. "Pencil pointier" does sound iffy, though. Meh, that's merely the exception that proves the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazer Yoshi Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 (antidisestablishmentarianism is not good because "anti" is a compound). So is "dis". The English language has too many synonyms. Most of them could easily be replaced. by let's say' date=' doubleplusgood.[/s'] It's also far too verbose. With proper language alterations, the entire Declaration of Independence could be replaced by a single ten-letter word. Naturally, that word is CRIMETHINK.That sounds like a pretty useless word. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leturn Master Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I can top you all. 4-Chlorobenzylmethylbutanoate-5-ide 2-Benzyl Alcohol that IS 2 words... but it still wins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 But it's not useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 (antidisestablishmentarianism is not good because "anti" is a compound). So is "dis". The English language has too many synonyms. Most of them could easily be replaced. by let's say' date=' doubleplusgood.[/s'] It's also far too verbose. With proper language alterations, the entire Declaration of Independence could be replaced by a single ten-letter word. Naturally, that word is CRIMETHINK. Big Brother is your friend. Big Brother is watching you. Big Brother is pure. Oceania is supreme. Big Brother is good. Down with Eastasia. Dis is not a compound structure' date=' it's a prefix used in derivation.[/quote'] Last time I checked, and what my English teacher has taught me, both "anti" and "dis" are prefixes. And neither of them are used to calculate the derivate of a function, thanksmuch.Derivation is an internal language development technique, it has nothing to do with math. Also, "anti" comes from Greek and is a full word, so it is taken as a prefixoid . And prefixoids are compound elements.how about oximoron?no' date=' that is a very important word that is used a lot.Going back to "sharp" versus "pointy", "sharp" implies an edge or plane, while "pointy" implies a convergence of edges or planes. Their usage is not interchangeable, in my opinion.I was just pointing he fact ha ''pointy'' is never used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Derivation is an internal language development technique' date=' it has nothing to do with math. Also, "anti" comes from Greek and is a full word, so it is taken as a prefixoid . And prefixoids are compound elements.[/quote'] Derivation is a method for finding out the slope of a curve, based on two points on the mentioned curve; it has nothing to do with language. See? We're both wrong. And I trust Wikipedia more than you, and seeing as they don't even have an article on "prefixoids" or "compound elements" outside of Chemistry, and that "anti" is a prefix (originally Greek), you have nothing to back your arguments up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
六兆年と一夜物語 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 lol [/thread] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 The idea is that nobody uses "pointy" anymore. Not in real life' date=' not here. Same with "fetch".[/quote'] Pointy hat? Pointy roof? Come on, some people still use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassa Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 i still use it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Derivation is an internal language development technique' date=' it has nothing to do with math. Also, "anti" comes from Greek and is a full word, so it is taken as a prefixoid . And prefixoids are compound elements.[/quote'] Derivation is a method for finding out the slope of a curve, based on two points on the mentioned curve; it has nothing to do with language. See? We're both wrong. And I trust Wikipedia more than you, and seeing as they don't even have an article on "prefixoids" or "compound elements" outside of Chemistry, and that "anti" is a prefix (originally Greek), you have nothing to back your arguments up.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivation_(linguistics) Now GFY. BTW you're right about anti, actually it is considered a prefixoid only by Italy, Romania, Spain, France...(Latin origin countries) http://www.scribd.com/doc/11024908/PREFIXOIDE This is the list, anti is there. But I just found out Germanic languages don't have prefixoids at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Derivation is an internal language development technique' date=' it has nothing to do with math. Also, "anti" comes from Greek and is a full word, so it is taken as a prefixoid . And prefixoids are compound elements.[/quote'] Derivation is a method for finding out the slope of a curve, based on two points on the mentioned curve; it has nothing to do with language. See? We're both wrong. And I trust Wikipedia more than you, and seeing as they don't even have an article on "prefixoids" or "compound elements" outside of Chemistry, and that "anti" is a prefix (originally Greek), you have nothing to back your arguments up.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivation_(linguistics) Now GFY. BTW you're right about anti, actually it is considered a prefixoid only by Italy, Romania, Spain...(latin origin countries) http://www.scribd.com/doc/11024908/PREFIXOIDE This is the list, anti is there. But I just found out Germanic languages don't have prefixoids at all...ORLY? =0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I was actually surprised. But that just means Latin languages are more complex so we get smarter from using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 This statement is simply not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Then please explain why English is so bloody easy to learn. I mean, I started studying it 2 years ago and...TADA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivation_(linguistics) Now GFY. My mistake, I was thinking of differentiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 What's that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Then please explain why English is so bloody easy to learn. I mean' date=' I started studying it 2 years ago and...TADA![/quote'] Because english is our world's language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindscatter Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Then please explain why English is so bloody easy to learn. I mean' date=' I started studying it 2 years ago and...TADA![/quote'] Because english is our world's language. A lot more people know Mandarin, and it's hard as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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