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wunner | funner |

As a noun wunner

is eye dialect of wonder.

As a verb wunner

is eye dialect of wonder.

As an adjective funner is

comparative of fun.

wunner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1890, author=Various, title=Punch Among the Planets, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In fact I wos napped on the nod, But the way I got woke wos a wunner . }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1918, author=Harold Bindloss, title=The Buccaneer Farmer, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Our folks are slow to fratch, but they're not quick at letting go," said Tom, who paused and added: "I wunner where Bell got his money; he had none when he took a job at mill in oad Osborn's time." }}

    funner

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (humorous, nonstandard) (fun)
  • * 1979, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in Wyoming, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency
    • "I wish I would have played basketball when I was out. It's a lot more funner ."
  • * 1992, Ana Malinow Rajkovic, Manual for (Relatively) Painless Medical Spanish [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN029275146X&id=6MVFwbhxaT0C&pg=PP15&lpg=PP15&dq=funner&sig=d5BINTBWGlKwMJu78EG3p1TSGWg]
    • Sounds like a great vacation, doesn’t it? It would be much funner , undoubtedly, to spend four weeks learning intensive Spanish in Guadalajara... but what do you expect for this price?
  • * 2000, Julia Bourland, The Go-Girl Guide [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0809224763&id=MMkjJFEnojgC&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=funner&sig=4u7kb12DOAmU8tPlh9vX_QjE2yA]
    • Every wardrobe needs an all-purpose cocktail dress, but these are often funner if you can find a retro party dress in flawless shape at a vintage clothing store.

    Usage notes

    While funner'' is a regular comparative of the adjective ''fun'', the comparative ''more fun'' is much more common. The use of ''fun'' as an adjective is itself still often seen as informal''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', 4th edition, 2000. (web version) or casualEdith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, ''More Nitty-Gritty Grammar,'' 2001. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0361100.html] and to be avoided in formal writing, and this would apply equally to the comparative form. Merriam-Webster gives ''fun'' as an adjective without comment, and states that ''funner'' and ''funnest are "sometimes" used[http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fun&x=0&y=0.

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