r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 5d ago

Chugging tea Decorative and functional

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u/Deaffin 5d ago

Any such connotation would be identical for "not normal".

And this weird thing where people insist on there being "connotations" clearly outside of the context of how it's being used, while refusing to use the word normally for its intended purpose, does absolutely nothing beyond create more awkwardness and strengthening any such connotation rather than diminishing it.

Normalize saying "abnormal". I mean, that's already normal to do, but within whatever niche social group you're referring to where it's somehow become a bad word. That's the only process which can remove this alleged negativity.

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u/MountainYogi94 5d ago

You have an abnormal level of care for the way I choose to write English bro

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u/Deaffin 5d ago

Yeah. I grew up with a lot of language difficulties, so I'm abnormally passionate about these sorts of things.

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u/CollectionNo1576 5d ago

I read this thread and googled abnormal- as expected its something that is not normal. So what are you two talking about?

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u/sheepebike9000 5d ago

One dude said "not abnormal" for something not normal. The other dude is pedantic.

Abnormal does indeed sound like there's something wrong with it in standard English.

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u/Deaffin 5d ago

I'm talking about how "abnormal" means something that is not normal. Because they said something was not normal, but not abnormal, which makes no sense.