I'm willing to accept this. On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > But, if you are being intentionally obtuse, that would lead one to > believe that you do have 'sharpness or quickness of sensibility or > intellect' and are choosing not to use it. > > Having it and not using it is not really the same as not having it at all. > > Saying someone is 'obtuse' is just a different way of calling them a > moron. IMHO :D > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well I thought when used as a figure of speech to describe one's > behaviour > > it was generally in the sense of being intentionally difficult. Also > known > > as the "silent stupid." Perhaps that's just a regional thing though. > Where > > I'm from if someone is being obtuse they are generally doing it on > purpose, > > otherwise they are naturally stupid which is completely different. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> "intentionally obtuse." > >> "Isn't this a redundantly redundant statement? Isn't being obtuse always > >> intentional?" > >> * > >> Obtuse <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obtuse>:* lacking > >> sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect. > >> > >> So, no, it isn't always intentional. In fact, one could argue that it > >> wasn't intentional in this case, but that would be beating a dead horse. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
