Talk:Specious

Where should this page redirect

Sep 2007

This page was created as a redirect to Fake. That's not quite correct. While specious can sometimes have that connotation, the definition is actually a bit more specific than that. Regardless, we don't (and probably ought not to) have an article on this particular adjective. It is, however, very well defined over on Wiktionary. Rossami (talk) 20:33, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Apr 2008

Neelix has changed the redirect from {{wi}} to Deception, arguing (correctly) that internal links are to be preferred when possible. I reverted that edit because specious is not a synonym for deception. According to Webster's 9th Collegiate Dictionary, they are closely related words but they carry different connotations - significantly different depending on which definition you're looking at. Neelix notes that Roget's Thesaurus lists them together. Personally, I don't consider Roget's definitive because the thesaurus will link words together as long as any one meaning is reasonably close. We're looking for additional comments and opinions. Thanks. Rossami (talk) 15:37, 10 April 2008 (UTC)