No, you can be contrary, usually with accent on the 'a'
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
etc.
No object required - not an adjective.
Probably originally a contraction of 'contrary person' but that's a
very old rhyme.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 28/02/2007, at 2:42 PM, Moose wrote:
> Richard Lovison wrote:
>> Moose asked:
>>
>>> Contrary to what? I'm so out of it here.
>>>
> Sorry, I hoped a smiley wasn't needed. It was a joke, a little pun, a
> different usage of the word. A reminder that contrary requires an
> object
> to which to be contrary. Contrary in a vacuum is meaningless,
> unless you
> are trapped in a vacuum, and it's not a Dyson, so you can't even see
> out, and are contrary about that, having booked a room with a view,
> after all.
>
> I was aware of the thread contents, and simply trying to do my part
> with
> a little word play.
>
> Moose
>
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