Talk:Goofy
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Goofy[edit]
Needs attributive cites. --Yair rand 00:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
- What about google books:"goofy-looking people"? Not exactly an attributive use in the strict sense that would require "goofy people", but rather close to it. Interestingly, the found hits use "goofy" with lowercase "g".
- What searches have you used in your attempt to find attributive uses of "Goofy"? --Dan Polansky 13:45, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
- Goofy#Proper noun got his name from goofy#Adjective, which is presumably from goof#Noun, which probably preceded goof#Verb. In writing only the capitalized form is likely to reflect attributive use of the proper noun. One of the characters most distinguishing features was his "goofy#Adjective-sounding" voice. Just as in Donald Duck, that might be the kind of thing that generated attributive use that was of the proper noun. If there were a copyright-free sound clip of the Goofy laugh (Note the attributive use.) or an imitation of it, that would be a useful ostensive definition. DCDuring TALK 14:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
- Oops; you are right; the capitalization is crucial. --Dan Polansky 15:01, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
- Goofy#Proper noun got his name from goofy#Adjective, which is presumably from goof#Noun, which probably preceded goof#Verb. In writing only the capitalized form is likely to reflect attributive use of the proper noun. One of the characters most distinguishing features was his "goofy#Adjective-sounding" voice. Just as in Donald Duck, that might be the kind of thing that generated attributive use that was of the proper noun. If there were a copyright-free sound clip of the Goofy laugh (Note the attributive use.) or an imitation of it, that would be a useful ostensive definition. DCDuring TALK 14:54, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
RFV failed, entry deleted. —RuakhTALK 17:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)