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Yes, that's exactly what I meant, thanks for clarifying. I'm not sure where I picked up using reckon as a noun, I think it might have been from an Australian. I
by chickenfries 9y ago
Yes, that's exactly what I meant, thanks for clarifying. I'm not sure where I picked up using reckon as a noun, I think it might have been from an Australian. In my mind, a reckon is a quick opinion given without much rigor behind it, coming from "the gut" or experience.
- lgas 9y agoI reckon most people could tell what you meant from context.
- jacobolus 9y agoThat’s fair enough, and I’m not trying to attack chickenfries, but I would still like to push back against this usage. There are already dozens of good words and phrases for this concept. Adopting a verb with nearly the opposite meaning and using it as a noun is a weird choice even if it’s nominally comprehensible in context.
- chickenfries 9y agoHm, I'm not going to stop using it because I like the way it sounds. However, I do like it when people make comments like your original comment on HN, because now someone who comes across my comment and doesn't understand it will learn something by reading your comment.