Is 'funner' a word?

[smwhorn]

My 15 year old daughter (currently in Honors English in high school) says that funner is not a word. It is proper, she says, to say "more fun."

She also says that only old crazy farts use the word "funner." Should I believe her? Ground her? Take away her cell phone and texting privileges?

Looking for advice.

 

[ProdigalHorn]

Your 15-year-old daughter is correct. "Funner" is not a word.

 

[CaptainEd]

you serious, clark?

you didn't know this?

 

[capnamerca]

funner is no more a word than the word golf can be used as a verb.

In a word - it's not. And golf is NOT A ******* VERB.

 

[smwhorn]

So I should not say:

It is funner to golf than it is to get stuck in the eye with a stick?"

 

[Dude]

Is lighted a word? Or better yet, should it be? I hear people say it all the time and I think, why don't you say lit?

And I realize hanged is proper, but doesn't hung just sound better?

It would have been funner if he hanged himself it a well lighed area.

 

[CaptainEd]

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[Statalyzer]

"Golf" is both a noun and a verb, just like many other action words in English, such as "bicycle", "drum", or "whip"

"Funner" is not a word.

 

[smwhorn]

Dude: How about "It would have been funner if he hanged himself in a well lighted area after having done some golf."

 

[capnamerca]

Golf is not a verb. Neither is tennis. I don't "tennis" just like I don't "golf" ... nor was I "tennising" today ... or "golfing".

I fully understand that this usage is now accepted in the english language. Doesn't make it right.

 

[gardere_owns_OU]

i use the word funner and no english teacher, or pupil, can tell me otherwise.

 

[Squall]

irregardless of whether or not funner is a word, don't ground her!

 

[NativeTXchic]

No results found for funner: per dictionary.com

I use the word though. Example.... It would be funner to dance on a bar than start a fight. LOL

 

[Tim & Omar's Apt]

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[LITNIN HORN]

golfed, golfs and golfing are intransitive verbs.

 

[Montag]

funner used to be a word, but not any morer.

 

[formermav43]

You can say golf is not a verb all you want, but the dictionary disagrees with you.

The Link

 

[Not that Bob]

When you sit at a table with your pals, a six pack, and a deck of cards, do you "Poker?"

 

[Tyler Durden]

Are you sure she didn't say fluffer?

 

[Statalyzer]

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[capnamerca]

take your logic and shove it. I'd also like to congratulate myself for a rather spectacular threadjack.

 

[A. BETTIK]

I believe your daughter is wrong.

One syllable adjectives use the strong comparative form of adding 'r' or 'er'.

Adjective Comparative Form Rules

 

[wedgie]

"Funner" is not a word.

Neither is "allsome".

 

[LITNIN HORN]

I'm uphauled at this thread.

 

[Statalyzer]

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