Comments on: On happiness http://base0.net/posts/on-happiness/ In Transition Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Burrows http://base0.net/posts/on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Daniel Burrows Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-218 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”. :-)

]]> By: Michael Janssen http://base0.net/posts/on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Michael Janssen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-219 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/posts/on-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Daniel Burrows Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-220 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.

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