Damn online dictionaries are driving me nutz! Thanks, it seemed weird to be so far off.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Judy, I just looked up "bemusement" and it didn't mean what I > thought > > it did! I thought it meant "quietly amused" which is what your > > picture conveyed to me. As I'm sure you know the word I used means > > "confusion resulting from failure to understand". I'm glad I didn't > > misunderstand a worse word or this could have been a lot funnier! > > Gee, my dictionary lists three meanings for "bemused," > the third being-- > > "to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement" > > --which is what I understood you to mean. In fact, > I confess I didn't know it meant "confused"; I > can't recall ever encountering it in that sense. > > "Wry or tolerant amusement" is pretty accurate, > I think, but *at myself* taking my own picture, > which I found to be a very strange exercise > indeed. >
