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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:45 pm
Post subject: Unremarkable |
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Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
| Quote: | Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
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In what sense? Common or unworthy?
This is a genuine question from a non-native speaker of English.
No sarcasm or partisan stance intended whatsoever, so help me God.
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John O'Flaherty
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:13 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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Arcadian Rises wrote:
| Quote: | Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
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Yes, pretty much.
| Quote: | From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
In what sense? Common or unworthy?
This is a genuine question from a non-native speaker of English.
No sarcasm or partisan stance intended whatsoever, so help me God.
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It would mean common, or not particularly surprising, not worthy of
note. "Unworthy" by itself would mean not worthy in a deeper, pejorative
sense.
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john |
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Philip Eden
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:30 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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"Arcadian Rises" <arcadianrises@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041105004553.12369.00000106@mb-m28.aol.com...
| Quote: | Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
In what sense? Common or unworthy?
This is a genuine question from a non-native speaker of English.
No sarcasm or partisan stance intended whatsoever, so help me God.
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Curiously, whenever anyone describes something as
"unremarkable", he is actually contradicting himself.
Philip Eden
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Adrian Bailey
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:24 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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arcadianrises@aol.com (Arcadian Rises) wrote in message news:<20041105004553.12369.00000106@mb-m28.aol.com>...
| Quote: | Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
In what sense? Common or unworthy?
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Afaiaa, "unremarkable" does not have the sense "unworthy".
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=unremarkable
Adrian |
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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:31 am
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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| Quote: | From: John O'Flaherty quiasmox@yahoo.com
Arcadian Rises wrote:
Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
Yes, pretty much.
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But not exactly.
Main Entry: re·mark·able
Pronunciation: ri-'mär-k&-b&l
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1604
: worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or
extraordinary
synonym see NOTICEABLE
- re·mark·able·ness noun |
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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:44 am
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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| Quote: | From: dadge@hotmail.com (Adrian Bailey)
arcadianrises@aol.com (Arcadian Rises) wrote in message
news:<20041105004553.12369.00000106@mb-m28.aol.com>...
Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
In what sense? Common or unworthy?
Afaiaa, "unremarkable" does not have the sense "unworthy".
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That I understood already from the previous message of Mr.John O'Flaherty.
2 entries found for unremarkable.
un·re·mark·a·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nr-märk-bl)
adj.
Lacking distinction; ordinary.
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Thank you for filling a gap in my education.
Up until now I thought that "unremarkable" is "insignificant".
I still don't understand how can a belief lack distinction i.e. be
unremarkable.
IMO a belief can be wrong, right, biased, common, uncommon, strange,
naive,stupid, idiotic, but not remarkable or unremarkable.
Unless there is something metaphorical (which escapes me) like a cheese having
"character" (which I can understand).
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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Arcadian Rises filted:
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Up until now I thought that "unremarkable" is "insignificant".
I still don't understand how can a belief lack distinction i.e. be
unremarkable.
IMO a belief can be wrong, right, biased, common, uncommon, strange,
naive,stupid, idiotic, but not remarkable or unremarkable.
Unless there is something metaphorical (which escapes me) like a cheese having
"character" (which I can understand).
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A belief can be so mundane, so much a self-evident fact, that to remark upon it
is pointless...imagine shouting the warning: "look out! that water is
wet!"...or beginning a lecture by saying "you'll note that this circle is
round"....
"Unremarkable" meaning "insignificant" applies to things other than
beliefs...you might use the word that way to refer to a person; the sort of
nebbish who escapes all notice by dint of being utterly drab...(it's
unremarkable that I can't think of a familiar example of such a person)....r |
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Arcadian Rises
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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| Quote: | From: R H Draney
Arcadian Rises filted:
Up until now I thought that "unremarkable" is "insignificant".
I still don't understand how can a belief lack distinction i.e. be
unremarkable.
IMO a belief can be wrong, right, biased, common, uncommon, strange,
naive,stupid, idiotic, but not remarkable or unremarkable.
Unless there is something metaphorical (which escapes me) like a cheese
having
"character" (which I can understand).
A belief can be so mundane, so much a self-evident fact, that to remark upon
it
is pointless...imagine shouting the warning: "look out! that water is
wet!"...or beginning a lecture by saying "you'll note that this circle is
round"....
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But water being wet is not an opinion. OK, there was a time when earth being
round was a belief (remarkable? unremarkable?).
Can you please give me an example of another unremarkable belief?
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"Unremarkable" meaning "insignificant" applies to things other than
beliefs...you might use the word that way to refer to a person; the sort of
nebbish who escapes all notice by dint of being utterly drab...(it's
unremarkable that I can't think of a familiar example of such a person)....r
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I can understand what an unremarkable person is, but I still fail to understand
what unremarkable belief means. |
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CyberCypher
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:21 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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Arcadian Rises wrote on 05 Nov 2004:
| Quote: | Is "unremarkable" the exact opposite of "remarkable"?
From: "Adrian Bailey" dadge@hotmail.com
Of course "the 2000 presidential election was stolen with
the conspiracy of the US Supreme Court". I find it an unremarkable
belief.
In what sense? Common or unworthy?
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So common as to be not worthy of a response other than something like
"Mmm. Yes. I've heard that."
"unworthy of comment" or "unworthy of reacting strongly to".
--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. |
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Donna Richoux
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| Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:55 pm
Post subject: Re: Unremarkable |
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Arcadian Rises <arcadianrises@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | But water being wet is not an opinion.
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Oh, we managed to argue about it for days, here, once. |
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