Re: Another question: genders
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, August 11, 2000, 2:32 |
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
>Padraic Brown wrote:
>> Just poking my head in: what negative connotations does ambivalent
>> have for you?
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>To me, it connotes things like "indecisive", "wishy-washy", etc., but,
>perhaps that's just a personal feeling?
Could be. You snipped my practical example of how I look at
ambivalency; essentially, no specific opinion for or against
either outcome. To me, "indecisive" and "wishywashy" _do_
have negative connotations. The wishywashy person _has_ a
specific opinion for or against the outcome, but can't make
up his mind which specific opinion he should go with, and
also tends to vacillate between two or more.
Padraic.
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