On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:22:33 GMT, "L, not -L" > wrote:

>In article >,
>wrote:
>
>>That reminds me, did anyone catch her opening line the other day, "I'm
>>going to create the funnest party..." When did the word "fun" start
>>having suffixes?
>
>I first heard it around 1984-1985 and thought it sounded so strange. The
>Merriam-Webster dictionary list it (along with funner) as inflections of
>fun; but, it sounds too weird to work its way into my everyday
>conversations.
>
>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?funnest

I can't believe the dictionary has made that an acceptable word now.
I must be getting old.

pepsi