Comments on: Fonnen http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/05/08/fonnen/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:51:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Vyola http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/05/08/fonnen/#comment-24 Mon, 13 May 2002 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/05/08/fonnen/#comment-24 I'm assuming you are using this definiton of "happy" -- favored by luck or fortune : FORTUNATE". However, my Webster's also has this definition -- "enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment : JOYOUS". Both are equally valid and to insist that one takes precedence over the other when neither has been marked 'colloquial' or 'obsolete' merely serves to hobble the English language. I’m assuming you are using this definiton of “happy” — favored by luck or fortune : FORTUNATE”.

However, my Webster’s also has this definition — “enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment : JOYOUS”.

Both are equally valid and to insist that one takes precedence over the other when neither has been marked ‘colloquial’ or ‘obsolete’ merely serves to hobble the English language.

]]> by: Gail http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/05/08/fonnen/#comment-23 Fri, 10 May 2002 22:10:43 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2002/05/08/fonnen/#comment-23 You said it. If I was in the writing thing for the fun, I would not still be writing. Writing is only occasionally fun, but that's fine. Digging into my heart and tearing out stories isn't supposed to be fun. But I have to do it. You said it. If I was in the writing thing for the fun, I would not still be writing. Writing is only occasionally fun, but that’s fine. Digging into my heart and tearing out stories isn’t supposed to be fun. But I have to do it.

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