Funnest

[MainePotsAndPans]

One of the first wedding gifts my wife and I bought for ourselfs was a figurine of Tigger and Piglet of Winnie the Pooh fame riding in a wooden cart, both smiling grinning from ear to ear. The caption on the bottom says, "We have two speeds, fun and funner!".

I think that especially with the words funner and funnest, the fact that it does reflect a less formal or even "wrong" gramatical expression contributes to the desired effect of recreating child like glee, by capturing a child like idiom or manner of speaking.

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[laepelba]

Originally Posted by MainePotsAndPans

One of the first wedding gifts my wife and I bought for ourselfs was a figurine of Tigger and Piglet of Winnie the Pooh fame riding in a wooden cart, both smiling grinning from ear to ear. The caption on the bottom says, "We have two speeds, fun and funner!".

I think that especially with the words funner and funnest, the fact that it does reflect a less formal or even "wrong" gramatical expression contributes to the desired effect of recreating child like glee, by capturing a child like idiom or manner of speaking.

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Proof positive! We're now quoting Tigger and Piglet. Tigger, of "bouncy" and "topses" fame.

[literacola]

I think it sounds better in some situations personally. If someone says "It is the most fun thing in the world" it just sounds bad to my ear. "The funnest thing in the world" sounds much better to me.

[Fazor]

I'd argue that the phrase "[Most fun/funnest] thing in the world." sounds a little juvinile though, thus "funnest" sounds like it fits better. Now, I don't mean that anyone who says that line is juvinile, but when talking about "The funnest thing in the world", it's typically something said with the care-free, casual demeanor.

I have a hard time picturing the president, or the CEO of a company, making a formal speech and including the phrase regardless of how he/she handles the word "fun".

[poli]

Originally Posted by Fazor

I'd argue that the phrase "[Most fun/funnest] thing in the world." sounds a little juvinile though, thus "funnest" sounds like it fits better. Now, I don't mean that anyone who says that line is juvinile, but when talking about "The funnest thing in the world", it's typically something said with the care-free, casual demeanor.

I have a hard time picturing the president, or the CEO of a company, making a formal speech and including the phrase regardless of how he/she handles the word "fun".

You are completely correct. Funnest isn't good English, but it exists like bestest, aint and more better, and... We all could add to this list. Language is a big and flexible thing. It's not a bad thing to recognize a word like funnest, but it should be recognized with the knowledge that it's substandard.

[MainePotsAndPans]

Originally Posted by literacola

I think it sounds better in some situations personally. If someone says "It is the most fun thing in the world" it just sounds bad to my ear. "The funnest thing in the world" sounds much better to me.

Originally Posted by Fazor

I'd argue that the phrase "[Most fun/funnest] thing in the world." sounds a little juvinile though, thus "funnest" sounds like it fits better. Now, I don't mean that anyone who says that line is juvinile, but when talking about "The funnest thing in the world", it's typically something said with the care-free, casual demeanor.

I have a hard time picturing the president, or the CEO of a company, making a formal speech and including the phrase regardless of how he/she handles the word "fun".

Originally Posted by poli

You are completely correct. Funnest isn't good English, but it exists like bestest, aint and more better, and... We all could add to this list. Language is a big and flexible thing. It's not a bad thing to recognize a word like funnest, but it should be recognized with the knowledge that it's substandard.

I may be wrong, but I think both literacola, and Fazor agree that particularly when talking about "funnest" experiences, the formality and "correctness" of "Most fun" sounds antithetical to the experience it attempts to convey. I think what Fazor was saying was that you wouldn't expect a ceo to even be speaking about "The funnest thing in the world" you would, however, expect a playful soul to be, and therefore, in this case, "funnest" is better.

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[Fazor]

Originally Posted by MainePotsAndPans

I may be wrong, but I think both literacola, and Fazor agree that particularly when talking about "funnest" experiences, the formality and "correctness" of "Most fun" sounds antithetical to the experience it attempts to convey. I think what Fazor was saying was that you wouldn't expect a ceo to even be speaking about "The funnest thing in the world" you would, however, expect a playful soul to be, and therefore, in this case, "funnest" is better.

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Correct. I'm about 2 hours old here, but you'll find I use a lot of examples when I explaine things; and many times they only make sense to myself.

Another way to put it would be "[The most fun thing/the funnest thing] in the world." does not sound very "professional" either way, but at the same time saying "The most fun thing in the world!" in a casual statement may sound overly formal. Personally, I don't think it does. But if "Most fun thing in the world" sounds wrong to you, I could see why it would.

[poli]

Originally Posted by MainePotsAndPans

I may be wrong, but I think both literacola, and Fazor agree that particularly when talking about "funnest" experiences, the formality and "correctness" of "Most fun" sounds antithetical to the experience it attempts to convey. I think what Fazor was saying was that you wouldn't expect a ceo to even be speaking about "The funnest thing in the world" you would, however, expect a playful soul to be, and therefore, in this case, "funnest" is better.
funnest is more better
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[MainePotsAndPans]

Originally Posted by poli

funnest is more better----------------

Si, es mas excellentisímo

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[CrOtALiTo]

Rusty. Then I can say. My wife is the funnest in the party.


I can use the word Funnest in any sentence inside of the English. It's a correct translation for the speech British.

Then I guess that the word Fun has added the (Est) for give a expression of something unit in the moment or the worldwide.