Re: OT: Fun, was Re: First thoughts on Imperial

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, Herman Miller wrote:

> Lots of fun / *very fun
> Not much fun / *not very fun
Both 'very fun' and 'not very fun' are acceptible to me ('not very fun'
more than 'very fun', I think).

But then, the most common meaning of 'fun' in my speech is boring;
annoying; hated; not fun: -'I have a Maths exam' -'Fun'. (No, it's not
sarcasm, it's taking sarcasm to such an extent that the word changes
meaning.) Unless it's negated, in which case it has the positive meaning
again.

> *Lots of enjoyable / very enjoyable
> *Not much enjoyable / not very enjoyable
>
> Great fun / *great enjoyable
But nevertheless, I stand corrected. Thankyou (and John) for pointing
these out.

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