Timeline for A short tale about a dim-witted man with outstanding presence, being taught how to deliver a speech by reading from elaborate scripts
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| Mar 24, 2022 at 4:36 | vote | accept | Arc | ||
| Feb 16, 2022 at 0:53 | history | edited | LogicDictates | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2022 at 6:45 | comment | added | Arc | Well... point made, just be more clear so people don't flag you. An interesting perspective, I would upvote an answrer containing an argument like that. | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 6:43 | comment | added | Mazura | "he starts going off-script and speaking his own mind to the crowds. He then becomes a fierce dictator and [losses] control of the entire country." - no ;) | |
| Feb 15, 2022 at 6:38 | comment | added | Mazura | The Art of the Deal | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 22:17 | comment | added | user3067860 | @RonJohn I'm not sure that's even true...there's probably some fun experiment here, to figure out what percentage of people actually pick up on that, but I think if you asked me before this conversation there's a pretty good chance I would have gone with the dumb=unintelligent meaning, even though the other meaning obviously is obviously correct now that it's pointed out to me. I would guess that a lot of Americans just assume that the modern meaning is being used as long as it fits well enough in context (e.g. dumb beasts). | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 22:15 | comment | added | Arc | @user3067860 and DJClayworth, it seems that "unintelligent" and "unable to speak" appear as valid entries for "dumb" in most dictionaries. By the way, since "Dumb Ways to Die" was mentioned, I absolutely have to mention our brazilian version, "Dumb Ways to DIe in Rio". | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 21:57 | comment | added | user3067860 | @DJClayworth I don't know what to tell you, except that Google returns 1,960,000,000 results for "dumb" and most of them have nothing to do with speech impairment. (Actually a lot of them don't even have the word "dumb" at all because Google will return results for "stupid" when you have entered "dumb".) It's something even small children know (and use all the time...kids). Even the Australians have gotten in on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_Ways_to_Die | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 20:35 | comment | added | RonJohn | @DJClayworth in US English, "mute" is the standard term for "unable to speak", (though we understand what "deaf, dumb and blind kid" means). | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 20:00 | comment | added | Arc | @user3067860, +1 on the comentary for "dumbphone", a phone that can only speak, lol :) | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | Arc | @DJClayworth, sure, by all means, by our English mentor. I guess a better world would be the antonym of "wit", but I'm not sure what that is. | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:39 | comment | added | DJClayworth | I speak US English pretty well. Do you mind if I edit for clarity? | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 19:23 | comment | added | user3067860 | @DJClayworth I think this is British vs. American. In the US, "unintelligent" is the primary meaning of "dumb"--the meaning "unable to speak" is extremely dated/archaic to the point where it's not widely used or understood (whereas dumb=unintelligent is used very regularly). merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumb So you have things like "dumbphone", a phone that can only speak, a cell phone which is not a "smartphone". | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 15:51 | comment | added | DJClayworth | By "dumb" do you mean "unintelligent? Because I took it as "unable to speak". | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 11:21 | comment | added | Arc | @Alfred, yes sure, I know how to accept an answer, of course. I usually just take a day or two before doing that so as to give room for debate, if any (which I learnt to do from the SO site). | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 11:04 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Feb 14, 2022 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1493148017305792515 | ||
| Feb 14, 2022 at 8:19 | comment | added | Alfred | @Arc As to your positive comment on LogicDictates answer (which I also consider as correct) don't forger to click on the "check" mark near his answer. For that he'll get 15 rep point but you also get 2, doubling your present reputation... | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 4:29 | answer | added | LogicDictates | timeline score: 36 | |
| Feb 14, 2022 at 4:00 | history | edited | LogicDictates | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 14, 2022 at 3:06 | history | edited | user14111 |
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| Feb 14, 2022 at 3:02 | history | asked | Arc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |