am I the only one ambiguous towards the intelligence level in OT?

gigapet

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Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).

 

akubi

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).

yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).

yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.

Oh snap!
 

gigapet

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Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).

yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.

I am allowed to feel any way i want. :disgust::brokenheart:
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djheater

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).

yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.

I am allowed to feel any way i want. :disgust::brokenheart:
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:|

Certainly. But if you're going to attempt to communicate that to us, try to use the language properly.
 

akubi

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Originally posted by: djheater
Certainly. But if you're going to attempt to communicate that to us, try to use the language properly.

bah i'm just being an ass, we all know what he wanted to say :laugh:
 

gigapet

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Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: djheater
Certainly. But if you're going to attempt to communicate that to us, try to use the language properly.

bah i'm just being an ass, we all know what he wanted to say :laugh:

the humur is lost here. Posting about intelligence and using the wrong word = part of the joke.
 

dullard

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Originally posted by: akubi
yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.
I'm going to disagree. The better term is agnostic.
adj. 2. Doubtful or noncommittal
Gigapet's sentence would be better off rewritten with an adjective in this form,

"Am I the only one with agnostic feelings regarding the intelligence level in OT?"

Edit: I misspelled something and thus got the wrong dictionary explaination for ambiguous, thanks akubi.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: djheater
Certainly. But if you're going to attempt to communicate that to us, try to use the language properly.

bah i'm just being an ass, we all know what he wanted to say :laugh:

I'm just being an ass to, but I don't use sileys often, leaving my intentions....


....wait for it.....


....ambiguous.
 

akubi

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: djheater
Certainly. But if you're going to attempt to communicate that to us, try to use the language properly.

bah i'm just being an ass, we all know what he wanted to say :laugh:

the humur is lost here. Posting about intelligence and using the wrong word = part of the joke.

oh noooess!! teh irony!
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labgeek

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Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).


Note the bolded abbreviation... ambigous is an adjective. Something can be described as being ambigous. It's not a verb. You cannot be "ambigous towards..."

And you had went on to defend your use of it... :roll:
 

Originally posted by: gigapet
Originally posted by: akubi
maybe you mean ambivalent

am·big·u·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-bgy-s)
adj.
Open to more than one interpretation: an ambiguous reply.
Doubtful or uncertain: ?The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous? (Frank Rich).
Doooooooh! Ambiguous is not a verb, so you can't be "ambiguous toward" a group. Now, who just lowered ATOT's IQ? :roll:
 

gigapet

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lol you guys are too serious for a friday. lighten up will ya. there is humour and good irony in this thread.
 

akubi

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Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: akubi
yes you can say something is ambiguous, but you can't "feel ambiguous towards" something. ambivalent ftw.
I'm going to disagree. The better term is agnostic.
adj. 2. Doubtful or noncommittal
Abviguous is a noun, and gigapet's sentence would be better off rewritten with an adjective,

"Am I the only one with agnostic feelings regarding the intelligence level in OT?"

:confused: *brain explodes*

well first of all, ambiguous is an adj, but that point aside, nevermind the use of nouns and adjectives here.

you can feel "ambivalent towards" or "agnostic towards" something but never "ambiguous towards". google for each of the three phrases to see how they are used.