People often say something is “funny” meaning it’s “peculiar,” but when something is very peculiar they don’t say it’s “hysterical;” for something only a bit peculiar, they don’t say it’s “amusing.”
“Funny” adjectives don’t vary with the amount of peculiarity, which is...ya know...peculiar.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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