aspergers isn't a word, according to many dictionaries! huh?

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23 Mar 2008, 8:22 pm

I guess aspergers is more of a term instead of a word.

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23 Mar 2008, 8:29 pm

886 wrote:

bheid wrote:

it doesn't matter.

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23 Mar 2008, 8:48 pm

darkstone100 wrote:

I guess aspergers is more of a term isntead of a word.

No. Just misspelt. The guy was Hans Asperger. The syndrome was named after him. I.e. it became "Asperger's syndrome". (A syndrome is not a disease, it's a collection of symptoms.) As there is only one condition named for Hans, dropping the "syndrome" is acceptable. Hence "Asperger's", with the capital and with the apostrophe.

The OED allows for the whole "'s" to be dropped. I.e. "Asperger syndome" or "Asperger disorder". Yuck.

It also lists "Asperger['s] disorder", which I find demeaning, as in use in 1991 (whereas AS started to be used in 1971).

I would hope the new word, "aspie", without a capital, does make it to the dictionaries.

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I occurs to me that having "aspergers" would mean that you had small clones, that resembled Hans Asperger, growing out of you.

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23 Mar 2008, 8:58 pm

lau wrote:

I occurs to me that having "aspergers" would mean that you had small clones, that resembled Hans Asperger, growing out of you.

i love the mental images that can derive from literal interpretations of language.

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23 Mar 2008, 9:33 pm

That doesn't really mean anything.

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23 Mar 2008, 10:07 pm

SilverProteus wrote:

That doesn't really mean anything.

Sorry?

I can only read "aspergers" to be the plural of "asperger". Now, if it had a capital, as in "having Aspergers", then it would imply that you have several members of the Asperger family (sitting on you? stalking you?).

However, I'm taking the de-capitalisation to imply the falseness of the plurality, as in clones. I also took is as a diminutive. Thus the medical condition of "having aspergers" that I suggested.

You would be quite correct to point out that such a condition does not currently exist. However, with a little nanotech, it could be arranged.

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24 Mar 2008, 5:20 am

Asperger is in French dictionaries. It means to sprinkle or to spray :lol: .

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24 Mar 2008, 6:08 pm

lau wrote:

SilverProteus wrote:

That doesn't really mean anything.

I apologise - I should've quoted the OP, as it was to him I was speaking to.

I just wanted to say that, as a few have written, just because it isn't listed in a dictionary, doesn't mean anything.

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24 Mar 2008, 6:43 pm

aspergers isn't a word.

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