Talk:Wit

message: This is still quite a boring page. I wish you guys hadn't removed my picture. Ah well. I don't want to be seen as a spamming recidivist, but this page needs a bit extra. Not just my pic (LOL) but a bit more juicy text as well. I'll try to come up with something, but if any one native speaker can come up with something in proper English, I'd be thrilled.
Cheers Wit 12:30, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. I fixed that a bit. Jonathunder 00:47, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
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The Dimwit Flathead link is funny, but not very relevant, I'd say, having played the game myself. Perhaps a link to the word "dimwit" would be better? Sir Ophiuchus 04:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I find that definition of sarcasm most often used by those who do not understand it.  Perhaps they are not quick-witted enough.  Call that the sar-chasm.  
On a content note, what does 'To Wit' mean, as in addressing a declaratory statement?208.114.132.151 06:35, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Same as "witness", and probably etymologically related.  What about those wits we are suppose to keep about us, or at the end of which we might be?  [these are mentioned...] But true, whilst a wit, being a person, could be encylopedic (e.g. Mark Twain, Will Rogers, Oscar Wilde, etc), all these other three uses mentioned here are really wiktionary, not wikipedia material, except as they form background for a discussion of historical persons.--SportWagon 18:03, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Given the root meaning of "wit", as, roughly, "mental faculties", all of "to wit", "witness", "wits about you", and "wits' end" would seem to follow, although without historical research, some etymology might be historically false.--SportWagon 18:10, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

text: What about this: Why are the writers and editors of this article asking each other what should or should not be included within it? Anyone who knows a subject well enough will be able to simply include the relevant and exclude the irrelevant. Anyone who doesn’t have a command of the topic should refrain from contributing to an article about it. It’s not a complicated matter.  With that said, this article is meandering, occasionally confusing, and has no voice of command. It seems it would be of very little use to a reader unfamiliar with the concept. Its nadir is its reference to an episode of the Simpsons, which falls within in its list-like section before a quotation from Shakespeare.So for writers and editors unfamiliar with the concept, here is an example of (admittedly acerbic) wit: Seizing every opportunity to cite an animated television comedy as a reference - in an encyclopedia that expects to be taken seriously by intelligent readers - is a nearly-nauseating habit of many of Wikipedia's contributors.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.133.107 (talk) 20:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: I appreciate the brevity of this page.  Its brevity is its soul. Panzer V Panther 09:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a good page. It is completely disorganized; 50 people adding snippets with no editor.  It should begin with a history of the word "wit", various words or categories of "wit".  Then it should have a short list of people (historical and fictional) known for their wit and a sample of their wit. Perhaps it should have a list of well-known literary works that are considered full of wit.  Some people say musical works can be witty like PDQ Bach.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angry bee (talk • contribs) 01:14, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Good page

message: I've deleted a section because it was an unorganized list of unrelated sentences about archaic definitions of this word. Very misleading. 74.183.191.55 (talk) 02:18, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defining 

message: FYI,Under Sophism people might find some concepts worth reading about.
e.g. where it talks about two types of people,
   *One who does wisdom
   *One who makes a business out of wisdom
 
Usually I'd enter these things under "See also" straight away, but I'm not so certain.
See Also-
Spin (a number of topics of interest under the See Also list there)
Arete
One-liner
Is there a specific word for business quips/euphemism/allegory/mission-statementesque?
(I'm thinking "that which is expressed in a certain way to bamboozle/confuse eavesdroppers or such")
  This, I've just discovered, seems to be covered in List of buzzwords(phrases}.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.101.66.30 (talk) 11:46, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: “It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.” ― Carl Sagan - This is an example of witty remark from Carl Sagan. 78.3.89.241 (talk) 21:01, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sophism 

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thread_title:  What is Wit ?