Will "Funner" ever become a word?

i think it is pretty well engrained already. Most people I know would say it is a word.

Ewww. . . NO. funner will never be correct english, no matter how many people say it. It's not the "evolution of language", actually, it's just a violation of an english grammar rule (not that many people actually know or follow most english grammar rules anyway).

The rule actually happens to be along the lines that monosyllabic adjectives that derive from German or Anglo-Saxon dialects are made comparative by adding -er. However, all ther adjectives, including those monosyllabic adjectives that have come from other languages, take simply a "more".

This discussion reminds me of Duden, the authority on German grammar. . . there are lots of colloquial usages that are fairly common in speech but, time and time again, "Duden considers this use to be substandard". . . no matter how many people say it, 'funner' will always be a mark of substandard speech, will never be accepted in writing, and will not be accepted into any version of Webster's.

Ugh. . . 'funner' is right up there on my list of pet peeves along with selecting the wrong 'your' and people on the internet who spell out things like "I use to do x". . .

What princessash said. Twice.

I agree completely. This was brought up when one of my friends used the word "funner", but when I told them I thought it was not correct, they cited the fact that it is an adjective and that it follows the rule that governs all monosylabic adjectives. I did not really have a clear reason why that didn't make sense, so I came here.

Could you give me a few examples of monosylaic adjectives that use "more" to form the comparitive? I think it would make more sense to them if I could give them examples of word that "act" like fun. Thanks for clearing this up.

There's another thread about fun as an adjective going on as we speak... This is the first time I've tried to link to another thread, so bear with me...

Fun as an Adjective...

Hey! It worked!

right, wrong, bad (of course, that's the quality variation found in most languages, but I still don't wanna hear "badder" :-)), good, bored, tired (where I'm from, that's one syllable)

Those jump immediately to mind. . . you might also remind your friend of speedier, luckier, happier, all polysyllable adjectives that take an -er. . . it all depends on the origin of the word.

Bad, bad Leroy Brown,
The baddest cat in the whole darn town...

And don't nobody say funnest, neither!

Oh, beautiful linking, Wy :-)

At this point, after reading that thread, I have to remember that with superlatives, all the rules go out the window. . . technically, the superlative of "fun" should be, of course, "most fun", but funnest is actually considered a current and acceptable use. . .

However, like I said on another thread, I'm one of the twenty or so people in the entire world that actually says "it is she" to answer "can I talk to Ashley?" and "she is greater than I". . . us grammarians are a dying breed. . .

(you'll notice the playful usage of 'us' instead of the nominative 'we' in the preceding post. . .)

;-)

Okiedokie, you guys can keep scowling at all the bad grammarians out here on the funner side of the street. hehe. Actually, I doubt I'll ever use funner.

very good, k. . . reject the spiritual forces of wickedness and all that :-)

nice avatar, xifar :-)

I can't help it, I was born to an english major (who, by the way, gave up onthe funner debate years ago).

Of course funner is a word. In Arkansas.

Thank you, I just uploaded it. And, I don't think I will ever use funner (except to annoy my friends of course).

I always reply "This is she" to telemarketers... takes 'em aback, it does...

I use it to taunt my sister, admittedly. . . but her grammar is so bad she hardly notices. . . <scoff>

oh, wy, it confuses the hell out of EVERYONE. . . my friends are like "are you sure? you sound like my grandma" :-)

Does their grandma answer your phone?

you know, I've never asked, but the way they say it. . . . .