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Post #116,887
by deSitter
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9/6/03 1:21:11 PM
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New Re: It is the popular users who are wrong.
Alright, I could have missed something, but "transrational" would be a good thing - when Poincare stepped on that bus and was instantly confronted with the solution to the problem of Fuchsian functions he'd been seeking for months, he was acting "transrationally". It's a fancy word for "intuitive".
-drl
Post #116,893
by FuManChu
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9/6/03 1:45:33 PM
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New Doesn't mean you should use the wrong term.
You're trying to use "transrational" to mean "outside of rationality". But "trans-" as a root means "across" or "changed". The only context in which it gains the meaning of "outside of" is when your other root implies a boundary or movement: words like "transcendent" = "to climb across".

"Transrational" does neither. You can't simply borrow a prefix from one context and apply it to another, hoping to gain the implications of the original word.

When you get a blood transfusion, thank your lucky stars it does not mean "to pour out". Ditto for transplant. Perhaps that was the "complication" in Poincare's surgery...
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Post #116,895
by broomberg
9/6/03 1:51:00 PM
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New My favorite confusing word
inflammable
[link|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=inflammable|http://dictionary.re...rch?q=inflammable]
vs
flammable
[link|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flammable|http://dictionary.re...earch?q=flammable]
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             I sent them a... - (kmself) - (21) - Sept. 5, 2003, 10:07:30 PM EDT
                 "transrational"? - (broomberg) - (12) - Sept. 5, 2003, 10:33:37 PM EDT
                     Re: "transrational"? - (kmself) - (10) - Sept. 6, 2003, 04:06:20 AM EDT
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                             He think C-R is "misguided"... - (folkert) - Sept. 6, 2003, 10:18:24 AM EDT
                             It is the popular users who are wrong. - (FuManChu) - (3) - Sept. 6, 2003, 01:09:47 PM EDT
                                 Re: It is the popular users who are wrong. - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2003, 01:21:11 PM EDT
                                     Doesn't mean you should use the wrong term. - (FuManChu) - (1) - Sept. 6, 2003, 01:45:33 PM EDT
                                         My favorite confusing word - (broomberg) - Sept. 6, 2003, 01:51:00 PM EDT
                             transrational: nelogism. Taking leave of reason - (kmself) - Sept. 6, 2003, 06:31:20 PM EDT
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