Comments | bilby1915: Mooovies, changes and new musings on an old word

bilby1915

Mooovies, changes and new musings on an old word

Feb 21, 2006 00:41

Moooovies again
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purplegraciegrl February 20 2006, 16:15:52 UTC

"Like when i first joined the cc online forum, initially i felt really dumb if i didn't share cultural references with some people (i thought that meant i couldn't participate). Now i look on it as an opportunity to be introduced to new experiences.

So i will be saying loud and proud, yes i'm ignorant about X, but I'd love to learn about it."

Yay! You are spot on! We are ALL ignorant about most things in the sum of knowledge. Only the foolish think otherwise. Wisdom is in significant part knowing what we don't know. I'm so glad you persisted with cc.cc. You were always welcome - and now you're part of the furniture!

spookylolly February 20 2006, 23:03:10 UTC

What kind of exercise do you participate in, Monday nights?

bilby1915 February 20 2006, 23:08:29 UTC

an hour of warm up, aerobic stuff, weights and bands, cool down.
There are no mirrors. It's a small friendly class.

vanilla_baron February 21 2006, 00:00:32 UTC

I tend to see "ignorant" as being pejorative, but that's because I always associate it with the specific case of when someone is being deliberately or willfully ignorant (ie they're ignoring something they know they should be paying attention to), not the general case of being in a state of unknowing. It is definitely true that everyone falls into the latter position; we are all ignorant of much more information than we're aware of, I agree with P Grl about that.

Even though it is a more accurate usage, I don't like the term ignorant as a synonym of uneducated or "hasn't yet learned". That's probably because I haven't found a good word for "willfully and/or intentionally ignorant". If anyone knows one, please tell me !

mental_residue February 21 2006, 06:41:32 UTC

Umm Vanilla, someone who is WILLFULLY or INTENTIONALLY ignorant is narrow-minded and not open to new things. At least, that'd be my interpretation of it.

vanilla_baron February 21 2006, 23:33:16 UTC

Thanks, mental_residue. There are a few compounds that are appropriate, but no single words that I know of. None of the synonyms have the required degree of intent. I realise there can't be a single word for every concept, but if they can devote a word to concept of "the name or pronunciation that foreigners use for a place or locale, that is different from the name or pronunciation that the locals use", then they can devote a word to what I want!

purplegraciegrl February 22 2006, 06:21:35 UTC

Let's make up a word for it!

How about... pignorant?

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