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"Do you mean it's illogical? If so use the simpler English equivalent." I hope that was a joke. What do you propose? "A bit of a 'does not follow' there?"
by jorgbl32991 18y ago
"Do you mean it's illogical? If so use the simpler English equivalent."
I hope that was a joke. What do you propose? "A bit of a 'does not follow' there?"
- bootload 18y ago"... I hope that was a joke. What do you propose ..." I would propose, 'ill-logical'. Using foreign phrases in English where a simpler one suffices, makes for harder reading. It is often used by writers to impress, or prop-up arguments. There are quite a few readers who are reading English as a second or third language. Let the ideas come forward instead of the language.
- hugh 18y ago"Illogical" is vague enough to be useless, and is rarely used in conversation except by Mr Spock. "Non-sequitur" is a very specific form of illogic, appropriate in this case. I'm sorry if there's anyone out there who doesn't understand "non-sequitur" -- admittedly a Latin phrase but one that's fairly well incorporated into the English language. But I really don't think it's obscure, especially by the standards of the kinds of obscure conversations which this site is filled with. For what it's worth, I actually remember where I first learned the term "non-sequitur". It was in Mad Magazine when I was probably eight years old, and I was reading an article about (I think) "Parental Non-Sequiturs". If it's good enough for Mad Magazine, it's good enough for me.