Michigan Radio’s (@MichiganRadio) feature “That’s What They Say” says the words “funner” and “funnest” seem to be more accepted among younger people. Younger speakers are trying to make the word “fun” behave the same way as any other regular one syllable adjective. And, one syllable adjectives usually take -er -est; so tall, taller, tallest, therefore, fun, funner, funnest.
Anne Curzan, professor of English specializing in linguistics at the University of Michigan (@umich) says the word “fun” is a relatively new adjective.
“It’s been a noun since the 1700s, but it has only become an adjective in the second-half of the 20th century.”
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