Comments on: On happiness http://base0.net/archives/239-on-happiness.html Slightly off track in Minneapolis Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Daniel Burrows http://base0.net/archives/239-on-happiness.html#comment-148 Daniel Burrows Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:03:24 +0000 http://new.base0.net/?p=239#comment-148 No problem. I've heard other people do the same thing -- apparently people tend to remember that it denotes a very extreme quantity but forget whether it's a small or a large one. :-) I was thinking this morning that "surfeit" wasn't the right antonym for "dearth", and now I've remembered the word I wanted to recommend: "plethora". Whereas "surfeit" suggests an excess, "plethora" just suggests an abundance. No problem. I’ve heard other people do the same thing — apparently people tend to remember that it denotes a very extreme quantity but forget whether it’s a small or a large one. :-)

I was thinking this morning that “surfeit” wasn’t the right antonym for “dearth”, and now I’ve remembered the word I wanted to recommend: “plethora”. Whereas “surfeit” suggests an excess, “plethora” just suggests an abundance.

]]> By: Michael Janssen http://base0.net/archives/239-on-happiness.html#comment-146 Michael Janssen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:54:18 +0000 http://new.base0.net/?p=239#comment-146 Hah! Wow, nothing like using a word wrong for a very long time in the compete opposite of it's meaning. Thanks for pointing that out. Hah! Wow, nothing like using a word wrong for a very long time in the compete opposite of it’s meaning. Thanks for pointing that out.

]]> By: Daniel Burrows http://base0.net/archives/239-on-happiness.html#comment-143 Daniel Burrows Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:39:51 +0000 http://new.base0.net/?p=239#comment-143 I think you may want to look up the word "dearth" in the dictionary. And maybe also "surfeit" and/or "abundance". :-) I think you may want to look up the word “dearth” in the dictionary. And maybe also “surfeit” and/or “abundance”. :-)

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