ccowden 0 #1 December 31, 2005 So I get up this morning, jump on dz.com and see a new article posted on the front page about a powered wingsuit flight. I can't read past the first sentence because this word, "untypical." Is that even a word? It sure looked funny to me, so I looked it up. No results. I tried another place to look it up. Still nothing. So IS it a word? If so, someone please prove me wrong, cause it is really bugging me. And if it is not, how does it make it onto the front page, in the first sentence, without someone catching it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #2 December 31, 2005 It's a great story but I'd love to edit that entire article. I really wish SOMEBODY would. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #3 December 31, 2005 I never made it any further than "untypical" to read the article. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #4 December 31, 2005 Unfortunately, it is. But only in America. The English have not stooped so low. Yet. http://www.answers.com/untypicalIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MooChooser 0 #5 December 31, 2005 I think the correct word would be atypical Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #6 December 31, 2005 QuoteI think the correct word would be atypical You win. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #7 December 31, 2005 So, I assume this is along the lines of when dictionaries recognize a slang word or something similar? As when enough people use a word incorrectly that the dictionary has to add it? Because the places I checked (bigger name dictionaries) don't recognize it at all. And it cetainly looked stupid enough in that first sentence to make me want to research it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #8 December 31, 2005 QuoteSo, I assume this is along the lines of when dictionaries recognize a slang word or something similar? That would be my guess. Quote As when enough people use a word incorrectly that the dictionary has to add it? Because the places I checked (bigger name dictionaries) don't recognize it at all. And it cetainly looked stupid enough in that first sentence to make me want to research it. As mentioned above, the correct word is "atypical." Even using two words, i.e., "not typical" would have been better. But stay tuned, because a little later, when I'm feeling more motivated (read "more awake"), I'm going to run upstairs and check the OED. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #9 December 31, 2005 QuoteAnd if it is not, how does it make it onto the front page, in the first sentence, without someone catching it? Remember that HH is South African and English is his second language. We don't have any editors for the site, but if anyone wants to volunteer for the position, send HH a pm!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #10 December 31, 2005 No one edits the articles? Well then, I guess that explains THAT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #11 December 31, 2005 Next thing you'll tell me that barter isn't a synonym for trade... j/k... I agree I would use "atypical"... but understand "untypical" even if it sounds wierd...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #12 December 31, 2005 *Raises hand* Ooooh, ooh, me! B/c if you ask me, that adjective "untypical" should at the very least be an adverb - untypically or atypically. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #13 December 31, 2005 Quote*Raises hand* Ooooh, ooh, me! Send HH a pm and volunteer your services...for editing, of course. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #14 December 31, 2005 LOL. And I already did. I figure, I can't afford to be a premier member right now . . . might as well help out anywhere I can. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites morningdove831 0 #15 December 31, 2005 I think the correct word is "atypical" as others have mentioned. I've never heard, seen or spoken the word "untypical" and I was an English minor in college! One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tso-d_chris 0 #16 December 31, 2005 It is in my Oxford American dictionary widget. I also found it in Dictionary.com and thefreedictionary.com. Doh! For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jceman 1 #17 December 31, 2005 QuoteIt is in my Oxford American dictionary widget. I also found it in Dictionary.com and thefreedictionary.com. Doh! Not only that, but I found two things interesting: 1) Google the word "untypical"; you'll get MANY (too many, imnsho) instances. 2) The OED site is subscription only, but they do have an offshoot site which is free and it does, indeed, find "untypical". I still would like to see what the OED has to say about its usage versus that of "atypical". Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NlghtJumper 0 #18 January 1, 2006 Quoteif you ask me, that adjective "untypical" should at the very least be an adverb - untypically or atypically. I agree, it just doesnt sound right in any other usage... A man will do anything for the right woman, and when that woman destroys him, that man will become a hunk of meat with the common sense of a rodeo clown! ~ Christopher Titus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccowden 0 #19 January 2, 2006 Dude, at first it was kinda flattering, but you really need to stop stocking me. It's getting a little creepy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RhondaLea 4 #20 January 2, 2006 QuoteDude, at first it was kinda flattering, but you really need to stop stocking me. It's getting a little creepy. He stalks me at the grocery store...the post office...I never know where he's going to turn up. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RhondaLea 4 #21 January 2, 2006 The OED records the first use of the word "untypical" in 1878. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccowden 0 #22 January 2, 2006 So it IS a word. It just looks weird. I feel a little better, but not good enough to finish the article. I keep a dictionary by the computer and "untypical" is not in there, and that bugs me. It looks wierd, doesn't sound right and is not in some dictionaries. Thta's enough for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #23 January 3, 2006 What's worse...or at least as bad...was when, playing scrabble, I used the word "et" when they were my only letters left. My mother challenged the word, and it was in Webster's as a slang for past tense of eat. LOLOL! We hear all the rednecks talking about how they "done et" and laugh because it's funny. Well...it was in the dictionary. Cracks me up!-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
morningdove831 0 #15 December 31, 2005 I think the correct word is "atypical" as others have mentioned. I've never heard, seen or spoken the word "untypical" and I was an English minor in college! One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic Saying Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #16 December 31, 2005 It is in my Oxford American dictionary widget. I also found it in Dictionary.com and thefreedictionary.com. Doh! For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #17 December 31, 2005 QuoteIt is in my Oxford American dictionary widget. I also found it in Dictionary.com and thefreedictionary.com. Doh! Not only that, but I found two things interesting: 1) Google the word "untypical"; you'll get MANY (too many, imnsho) instances. 2) The OED site is subscription only, but they do have an offshoot site which is free and it does, indeed, find "untypical". I still would like to see what the OED has to say about its usage versus that of "atypical". Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NlghtJumper 0 #18 January 1, 2006 Quoteif you ask me, that adjective "untypical" should at the very least be an adverb - untypically or atypically. I agree, it just doesnt sound right in any other usage... A man will do anything for the right woman, and when that woman destroys him, that man will become a hunk of meat with the common sense of a rodeo clown! ~ Christopher Titus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #19 January 2, 2006 Dude, at first it was kinda flattering, but you really need to stop stocking me. It's getting a little creepy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #20 January 2, 2006 QuoteDude, at first it was kinda flattering, but you really need to stop stocking me. It's getting a little creepy. He stalks me at the grocery store...the post office...I never know where he's going to turn up. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RhondaLea 4 #21 January 2, 2006 The OED records the first use of the word "untypical" in 1878. rlIf you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccowden 0 #22 January 2, 2006 So it IS a word. It just looks weird. I feel a little better, but not good enough to finish the article. I keep a dictionary by the computer and "untypical" is not in there, and that bugs me. It looks wierd, doesn't sound right and is not in some dictionaries. Thta's enough for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #23 January 3, 2006 What's worse...or at least as bad...was when, playing scrabble, I used the word "et" when they were my only letters left. My mother challenged the word, and it was in Webster's as a slang for past tense of eat. LOLOL! We hear all the rednecks talking about how they "done et" and laugh because it's funny. Well...it was in the dictionary. Cracks me up!-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
