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anecdote

Postby eberntson » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:39 pm

(n.)
1670s, "secret or private stories," from French anecdote (17c.), now
reduced in English to "brief, amusing story."

(SRC: Online Etymology Dictionary)

Any anecdotes on this word?
EBERNTSON
Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns

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Re: anecdote

Postby Slava » Tue Mar 01, 2016 11:53 am

No anecdotes, but as many of them are humorous, the word is often interpreted as meaning "joke."
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.

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Re: anecdote

Postby Perry Lassiter » Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:01 pm

Also, in discussing evidence, some offerings are merely anecdotal rather than experimental, which means the opinion is based on isolated, particular cases rather than a larger and controlled population.
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