tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post1666360683397241407..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: Don't Be A Dunce!Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-2642606158412102672014-05-26T15:13:18.597-04:002014-05-26T15:13:18.597-04:00I shoulda written "Spoonerisms" - that i...I shoulda written "Spoonerisms" - that is kore in meeping with The Chicken's style.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90841763958241045172014-05-26T14:03:36.515-04:002014-05-26T14:03:36.515-04:00You are such a jackanape, CL. I hope none of your ...You are such a jackanape, CL. I hope none of your comments are ever bowdlerized for their malapropisms, as I know that writing them is a herculean effort. <br /><br />Now pardon me while I wash a praline down with some grog.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-80062700560422044302014-05-26T12:21:18.733-04:002014-05-26T12:21:18.733-04:00I would never lynch you, Sixty. Would you like som...I would never lynch you, Sixty. Would you like some more rope? chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-34887994687795800042014-05-25T20:44:32.874-04:002014-05-25T20:44:32.874-04:00Don't lynch me, but I am boycotting this threa...Don't lynch me, but I am boycotting this thread.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-35409175054052384482014-05-25T18:31:37.794-04:002014-05-25T18:31:37.794-04:00You have to admit, "amiable dunce" is on...You have to admit, "amiable dunce" is one of your better put-downs.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-10178493103649948382014-05-25T17:12:33.847-04:002014-05-25T17:12:33.847-04:00That's Blessed John Duns Scotus, by the way.
...That's <i>Blessed</i> John Duns Scotus, by the way. <br /><br />FYI, a "blessed" is basically a saint who is recommended for devotion only in part of the Church; the final step is "canonization," which means, among other things, the saint is recommended for universal veneration.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90607690077307365892014-05-25T16:05:03.551-04:002014-05-25T16:05:03.551-04:00I've never seen someone actually wearing a dun...I've never seen someone actually wearing a dunce cap.ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-59067871483641099992014-05-25T16:01:37.589-04:002014-05-25T16:01:37.589-04:00And if it did, it follows that it did so in order ...And if it did, it follows that it did so in order to accommodate ourselves. Why else would it evolve that way?Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-63323296303628228292014-05-25T15:52:56.918-04:002014-05-25T15:52:56.918-04:00later extended to any dull-witted student.
It bec...<i>later extended to any dull-witted student.</i><br /><br />It became to mean the relative opposite of how/what it originally was understood?<br /><br />It negatively evolved. Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-6034779561936211952014-05-25T13:16:42.342-04:002014-05-25T13:16:42.342-04:00The first thing that popped into my head is that D...The first thing that popped into my head is that Duns Scotus wasn't a dunce (in the modern sense of the word) he was a scholastic with the "wrong" knowledge. That's probably how the word was used by his opponents. Today...well, today I doubt any student is ever called a dunce cause it would injure his precious self-esteem. But in the dark dark days before John Dewey brought the light - cough cough - the dunce was the kid who when asked a question in class his tongue hung out and he was made to sit in the dunce or dunce's corner and turned into a CONEHEAD!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-60355675047209303432014-05-25T13:14:19.025-04:002014-05-25T13:14:19.025-04:00A calumny on a great mind, by men who were no bett...A calumny on a great mind, by men who were no better in the pedantry department than the man they slandered.YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52746501743854936232014-05-25T13:10:44.389-04:002014-05-25T13:10:44.389-04:00Well, I've tried to coin terms named after peo...Well, I've tried to coin terms named after people. It's hard to get them to stick without a consensus.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-23762012693757970182014-05-25T13:03:45.791-04:002014-05-25T13:03:45.791-04:00So he wasn't dumb, but a little too smart.So he wasn't dumb, but a little too smart.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com