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Tommy wrote: [quote={DOU} Cygnus X-1]name: 1. a word or phrase by which a person, thing or class is known.

The dictionary says a name is a word and since the aforementioned rules do not specifically exclude names I would have to conclude Xina, Yoda, Cialis and any others are legal.

to continue......

Satisfactory

Well, seeing that you quoted a definition, I must be wrong. Oops, wait a minute, I guess you didn't actually read the definition that you posted.

"...by which a person, thing or class is known."

The key word above is "known." Most names are not known since they can apply to many different people or objects. Someone might have a dog named Rover. NASA sent a "Rover" to Mars. So if I say Rover, which is it? You might say it depends on the context to which it's placed. What if I just said "Rover?" On the other hand, if I say "watermellon," you know exactly what I am refering to. "But what about watermellon candy, he asks?" No such thing. There is however watermellon flavored candy. Whenever I use the "word" watermellon, you know exactly what I am speaking of. But if someone says the "name" Tommy, you cannot be 100% sure they are speaking of me. In context you can be reasonably sure if they are or aren't, but not 100% (unless they tell you directly). That is the difference between something being known and something being made known.

As I said before, just because someone opens their suck-hole and makes a sound, that doesn't automatically make it a word. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is a name. Sometimes it is just a sound.

Tommy

P.S. I used Google to define "David.' It had definitons of the "name," but not the "word" (since it isn't one). The definitions are specific to individuals. I have a friend named David. He isn't defined nor do the definitions presented apply to him.

http://www.answers.com/david&r=67

There is nothing under the definition of "name" that supports your argument. As far as I am concerned, the dictionary considers it to be all inclusive.

I have a nephew who is called "David". Does it fit the definition "a word or phrase by which a person, thing or class is known"?

Ummmm....Yeah!

Names are words.

Webster has spoken.

-JB

yawl

Not to be confused with "y'all"

Tommy wrote: [quote={DOU} Cygnus X-1]name: 1. a word or phrase by which a person, thing or class is known.

The dictionary says a name is a word and since the aforementioned rules do not specifically exclude names I would have to conclude Xina, Yoda, Cialis and any others are legal.

to continue......

Satisfactory

Well, seeing that you quoted a definition, I must be wrong. Oops, wait a minute, I guess you didn't actually read the definition that you posted.

"...by which a person, thing or class is known."

The key word above is "known." Most names are not known since they can apply to many different people or objects. Someone might have a dog named Rover. NASA sent a "Rover" to Mars. So if I say Rover, which is it? You might say it depends on the context to which it's placed. What if I just said "Rover?" On the other hand, if I say "watermellon," you know exactly what I am refering to. "But what about watermellon candy, he asks?" No such thing. There is however watermellon flavored candy. Whenever I use the "word" watermellon, you know exactly what I am speaking of. But if someone says the "name" Tommy, you cannot be 100% sure they are speaking of me. In context you can be reasonably sure if they are or aren't, but not 100% (unless they tell you directly). That is the difference between something being known and something being made known.

As I said before, just because someone opens their suck-hole and makes a sound, that doesn't automatically make it a word. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is a name. Sometimes it is just a sound.

Tommy

P.S. I used Google to define "David.' It had definitons of the "name," but not the "word" (since it isn't one). The definitions are specific to individuals. I have a friend named David. He isn't defined nor do the definitions presented apply to him.

http://www.answers.com/david&r=67

Your "rover" example sucks....By definition a rover is a person who roves, or wanders.....too bad Tommy, you loose try again..... 😛 😛 😀

Bender wrote: NO "E"

ok heres how to play

some1 will post a word and the next person has to put a word that starts with the last letter of the other persons word

for exp.

i would say fun

then the next poster would say

nothing

it can be any word that has the same first lestter as the last poster last letter but the word cannot contain an "e"

first word

lol ill use the word

Word.

As explained at the start, these are the only rules in this game. It dosn't matter if you use Proper Nouns (a noun which names a specific person, place, or thing) of even if the word is in the Dictionary. The following word just has to start with the last letter of the previous word and not contain the letter "e".

Tommy, how do you do this? Start an argument with Gandhi you could. Its a talent I tells ya!

😆

Linguistic

compass

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

BebeDoll wrote: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

It has an E, actually had 2 E's

Oops 😛

crap...didn't see the e part 😳 😥 😆

How about Sugar?

Now you have the hang of it...

Raisin

naughty

yarrow

wizard

darling

8) ---- Greenbean ---- 8)