tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post8369474743034899227..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: They're so ignorant they bore me to deathJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-44655370980916413582009-09-28T15:58:04.816-04:002009-09-28T15:58:04.816-04:00This is all very anal - however is interesting.This is all very anal - however is interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-31184479018722511012009-07-17T06:29:57.890-04:002009-07-17T06:29:57.890-04:00What such people are ignorant of, of course, is ma...What such people are ignorant of, of course, is manners, and the implication is that that's because their mamas never taught them any. In principle, an ignorant person (in this sense) may learn better some day; in fact, this rarely happens.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-34532565281687376772009-07-13T19:03:46.696-04:002009-07-13T19:03:46.696-04:00theridger,
I've read quite a few books about R...theridger,<br />I've read quite a few books about Russians and I came to believe the word they used was "nekulturny", meaning uncultured. Perhaps I'm missing something.<br /><br />But the Professor is correct, the usage of "ignorant" to describe rude and/or mean conduct is quite prevalent in Baltimore.<br /><br />And Bucky is correct too. Ignorance, in its proper connotation, is correctable. Stupidity is not.PCB Robhttp://www.visitpanamacitybeach.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-52501214613219252512009-07-07T10:30:05.253-04:002009-07-07T10:30:05.253-04:00"Ignorant" in that meaning is very commo..."Ignorant" in that meaning is very common in Tennessee, too. (It's parallel, it seems to me, with the use of "illiterate" in Russian (negramotnyj) to mean "uncultured".)<br /><br />And of course note the "content" for "contend". Correcting grammar is a dangerous thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-43363135616763169902009-07-07T08:44:36.894-04:002009-07-07T08:44:36.894-04:00Maybe "bored" doesn't refer to ennui...Maybe "bored" doesn't refer to ennui but rather to the idea that the offending behavior "went through" them? When something affects us emotionally, there's usually a visceral reaction of some kind. <br /><br />I'm just spitballing, here, but it makes a little bit of sense, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-1166964151015712272009-07-07T06:50:28.752-04:002009-07-07T06:50:28.752-04:00The 'rude, discourteous, ill-mannered' sen...The 'rude, discourteous, ill-mannered' sense of 'ignorant' is pretty standard in British English.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-88137929549795556122009-07-06T12:01:53.028-04:002009-07-06T12:01:53.028-04:00"Ignorant" to mean "rude" or &..."Ignorant" to mean "rude" or "ill-mannered" is also occasionally found in Utah, especially among older generations. Interestingly, it's cognate to "uncouth," which literally means "unknown" or "unfamiliar," and parallels its semantic development to some extent, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-89295112704295359932009-07-06T09:37:29.603-04:002009-07-06T09:37:29.603-04:00A current slang term is to use "ridiculous&qu...A current slang term is to use "ridiculous" to mean wonderful, awesome, excellent, etc. It still throws me a bit when someone says, "Ridiculous!" in a moment of praise. Of course, I still say, "Cool!" when I mean "I like that" rather than to describe the temperature....cherie bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-85946939204038450982009-07-06T09:36:36.724-04:002009-07-06T09:36:36.724-04:00Humpf. I never thought that "ignorant" ...Humpf. I never thought that "ignorant" was a perjorative. "Ignorant" simply means that you haven't learned something. Now, "stupid"...that's a perjorative. It means you can't learn it. "Ignorant" is a correctable condition; "stupid" is permanent.Buckynoreply@blogger.com