Talk:fair

Surely a better example sentence is needed to explain fair meaning light in colour or pale only.

""Peasants ran in panic as Erik the Red and Hákan the Fair with their band of Vikings plundered their village.""

Hakan the Fair could mean he is a 'just' or 'decent' person or a 'blonde.'


 * Good point; amended. Widsith 10:47, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * But the correct spelling is Håkon/Håkan or in more ancient times, Hákon. Please, respect the diacritics. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 17:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

IPA

RP IPA
Phonetic transcription for Received Pronunciation is currently incorrect. RP is nonrhotic. 213.205.199.111 07:05, 4 October 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅ Equinox ◑ 10:42, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Comparation of the German adjective "fair"
The article says "not comparable" at the moment. I disagree (German native speaker here).

Imagine the following szenario: Some good friends start a poker party, without the intent to really win money. They start with a different amount of coins however. One player says: "Es wäre fairer, wenn wir alle gleich viele Chips hätten!" This is a correct sentence and not unusual.

For a usage of the superlative, check out the description of "Fairnesspreis" in the Duden: "(besonders bei Turnieren verliehener) Preis für die fairste Mannschaft, den fairsten Spieler, die fairste Spielerin".

The German Wiktionary lists the comparative forms of "fair" as well.


 * Thanks. Fixed. —Stephen (Talk) 07:44, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

no fair ; for fair
Something contrary to the rules: That was no fair. To the greatest or fullest extent possible: Our team was beaten for fair in that tournament https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=fair --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:44, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Similarly for free --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:57, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Acceptable 2.  false despite appearances
1. No more than acceptable or average: Your performance this year has been only fair. 2. seemingly good or true, but actually false or insincere: Fair words 3. moderately good or reasonable: A fair understanding. --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:41, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

directly, squarely
In a direct or straight way, and squarely Hit fair in the center of the board --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

lady fair
Is lady fair idiomatic? --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:46, 4 February 2021 (UTC)