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View Poll Results: Is "mung" a negative term and how do you say it? | |||
Yes, it is negative and it is said the same as the "mung" bean |
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3 | 33.33% |
Yes, it is negative and it rhymes with sponge |
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0 | 0% |
No, it is neutral and it is said the same as the "mung" bean |
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1 | 11.11% |
No, it is neutral and it rhymes with sponge |
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4 | 44.44% |
No, it is not a word |
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1 | 11.11% |
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#1 |
6809 > 6502
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Aug 2003
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I heard a discuss of the word "munged" recently. In your mind is it a negative concept? Not just inelegant, but bad.
Also, how is it pronounced? |
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∂2ω=0
Sep 2002
Repรบblica de California
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[Note: this response came in before the poll portion was complete]
The only "mung" I know - outside of emperor Mung the Murciless of Flush Gordon fame, that is :) - is a "mung bean", so I'm guessing you're referring to the hackerism verb, "to munge", rhymes with "grunge". AFAICT there is not negative connotation, just perhaps the "inelegant but necessary procedure" aspect of said activity, which is perhaps reflected in the sound of said word. Last fiddled with by Uncwilly on 2020-04-13 at 19:02 |
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Bamboozled!
"๐บ๐๐ท๐ท๐ญ"
May 2003
Down not across
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The root "mung" is a useful recursive ETLA --- Mung Until No Good. A related adage is "if it aint broke, fix it until it is." I follow this advice far too often. It is standard procedure when one runs Gentoo Linux. I pronounce it with a hard /g/, as in "ringed", "banged", "winged" and other such words which derive from a root with a terminal hard /g/. Last fiddled with by xilman on 2020-04-13 at 19:04 |
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Bamboozled!
"๐บ๐๐ท๐ท๐ญ"
May 2003
Down not across
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Last fiddled with by xilman on 2020-04-13 at 19:09 |
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Bamboozled!
"๐บ๐๐ท๐ท๐ญ"
May 2003
Down not across
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/M/mung.html |
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6809 > 6502
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Aug 2003
101ร103 Posts
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#7 |
Dec 2012
The Netherlands
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On a related note, the Dutch word "modder" means mud.
This inevitably colours our perception of the English word "moderation". |
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#8 |
∂2ω=0
Sep 2002
Repรบblica de California
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The famous 1940s/50s US comedic duo Abbott and Costello had a famous "mudders and fodders" sketch in which Lou (Costello), naive as always, gets conned into buying a horse from the city's Department of Street Cleaning, believing it to be a bargain-priced thoroughbred race horse. Lou asks his sophisticated buddy Abbott "what does a horse eat?", and Abbott replies "why, a horse eats his fodder, of course" and Lou hears "eats his father". Abbott further explains that it's especially important for every mudder (= horse which runs well in rainy, muddy-track conditions) to eat his fodder, Costello hears "mother", and hilarity ensues.
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Romulan Interpreter
"name field"
Jun 2011
Thailand
10,273 Posts |
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In Romanian, we have the verb "mรขnji", pronounced similat to munge, with the translation(s) (according to google): "to defile, to sully, to stain, to daub, to blur, to foul, to soil, to grime, to smirch, to besmirch, to mess, to besmear, to bedaub". Maybe some connections? (didn't look for etymology).
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Undefined
"The unspeakable one"
Jun 2006
My evil lair
6,679 Posts |
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6809 > 6502
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Aug 2003
101ร103 Posts
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(This doesn't mean that I don't help people who unwittingly make an error in words.) |
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