Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >>> No, it should be "ungooder"
> >>
> >> Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 years out of date.
> >>
> >
> > Actually, you didn't get it right for 18 years ago,
> > so maybe you didn't mean that. It should have
> > been plus ungood.
> >
> No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives.
> "double plus good" is very, very, good.
>
> Alberto Monteiro
>
> PS: I didn't get Julia's reply to my message. Maybe it's
> coming.
No, it's not. :) I figure we don't need the OED for silliness, do we?
Julia
p.s. "plus" is not the prefix for superlatives, as the superlative is
"the highest degree of the quality or attribute denoted by the single
word", and "plus" is merely a strengthener. (And under the definition
of "superlative" is something having to do with change-ringing, which is
an odd but possibly interesting topic....)
;)
_______________________________________________
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
