Timeline for Does having a temper make you angry or calm?
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| May 7, 2020 at 12:28 | comment | added | komodosp | @nnnnnn - indeed, but in a very controlled manner - and the process is to reduce brittleness. | |
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| Sep 17, 2019 at 11:09 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | @Tuffy thoughtco.com/descriptivism-language-term-1690441 | |
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| Sep 17, 2019 at 8:20 | comment | added | Tuffy | @marcellothearcane Descriptivism is an ethical theory about the nature of discourse about values. I do not see any connection between that and the question or to your comment on it. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 13:53 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | @Tuffy I was referring to descriptivism | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 13:52 | comment | added | WS2 | "Temper" is one of those words where idiomatic use has created paradoxes in the way it is used. Another is "inflammable" which used in one sense means that something easily catches fire, in another that it is not capable of flaming. Sense and meaning so often depend upon context and idiom. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 13:07 | comment | added | Tuffy | @marcellothearcane Strictly speaking, words do not ‘describe’ meaning: they ‘convey’ it. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 12:57 | answer | added | marcellothearcane | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | @colmde, of course we are using it correctly! :) Words describe meaning, rather than set it in stone. If everyone uses 'temper' to mean angry, that's what 'temper' means. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 12:45 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | @Mari-LouA temper, in the sense of disposition, meant a good thing (moderated, within limits) first. Bad temper followed, and must have perjorated the root. Temperate and temperamental is an interesting pair, since they seem to have different meanings. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 12:41 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | etymonline.com/word/temper#etymonline_v_7705 | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 10:44 | comment | added | Colin Fine | Language is what it is, not what somebody thinks it ought to be. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 10:35 | comment | added | nnnnnn | In metallurgy, tempering is a process involving heat. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 8:04 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Very often we say someone has a bad temper, and someone is good-tempered | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 8:03 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Whether it 'should' or not makes no difference to the way language is used. I suppose 'having a temper' is short for 'having a bad or a quick temper'. | |
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