
20-Aug-2008, 19:06
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Re: brainiac Quote:
Originally Posted by thedaffodils Anglika, thank you for your interpretation. I'm clearer.
But is the word-brainiac itself a bit of negative? If without any further context, can I judge the below sentence bears a reference to bad connation as you indicated of above?
If I told Dr. King, "you are a brainiac", would he might feel offensive? | "Brainiac" was a character in the Superman comics, he was an evil genius, (brainiac/maniac) the origin of the word is from there.
If I told Dr. King, "you are a brainiac", would he might feel offensive?[/quote] You can say, "Would he feel offended?" or "Might he feel offended?" but not "would he might..?" |