Science Forums 2

[modest]

redundant words - redundant prefixes - redundant suffixes - redundant letters - redundant syllables - most of the English language is redundant.

“irregardless”
Who is that word trying to fool? It stole another word’s definition and spelling - added a redundant prefix and thought nobody would notice. Yeah, we’re on to you!

“geometrical”
Dude, that geometric series is so geometrical man.

“electronical”
If I have an electric car, an electrical car, and an electronical car…. how many cars do I have exactly?

“thievery”
Did you see what thievery did? Thievery came along and STOLE theft’s definition!
Yeah, thievery is in the dictionary - suspiciously close to the word theft.

“truthfulness”
Truthfully - Is there true truthfulness in a truthful truth?

If truth is a noun,
and truthful is an adjective,
and truthfulness is a noun again,
is truthfulness-ful an adjective again?

Where does the insanity stop? We seriously need to stop adding bits and pieces to our words… because eventually they get written down in the dictionary and we’re all screwed.

- modest

PS - the only word that my spell checker didn’t like was electronical. I'm sure it will eventually be a common word.