More bizarre/bizarrer versus the most bizarre/the bizarrest

[Aamir Tariq]

Do we really have two versions of comparative and superlative forms of the adjective "Bizarre"? Because I've seen them both.

Normal	Comparative	Superlative
Bizarre	bizarrer	the bizarrest
Bizarre	more bizarre	the most bizarre

Now when I write "bizarrer" here the red lines appear beneath it, so is the case with "bizarrest". But when it comes to converstational English. "The bizarrest" sounds more natural to me because this is what I've heard on numerous occasions, whereas, "the most bizarre" sounds somewhat unnatural to my ears. (let me know it is less common).

But in case of the it's comparative form, it's quite the opposite of it. I've never heard "bizarrer" but I have heard "more bizarre" more often.

The whole thing is making me confused. And it made me bring up this topic on this forum to the native speakers here. Kindly do let me know which version of the comparative and superlative forms are more common and natural in your countries.

I have also added my conclusion in the end of this original post as well.


Below are examples of both versions from the world wide web.

(Examples of "the bizarrest")
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The Strange - A list of the Bizarrest Movies
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls055335130/

The Bizarrest Date in History
http://www.strangehistory.net/2012/03/29/the-bizarrest-date-in-history/

The Forgotten Liars - Google Books Result

Victor presented the very picture of innocence. He was actually a rather evil person (through not the least bit resentful, dishonest, or cruel), dedicated to seeking out the bizarrest chemicals, the bizarrest ideas, and the bizarrest s*xu*l practices. However, I was also to find Victor to be a hell of a nice guy and an excellent (though sometimes negligent) roommate.

Click here for the link to see the content in more detail.


How Do You Answer the Bizarrest of Questions...? | Page 2 ...
http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/how-do-you-answer-the-bizarrest-of-questions.90884/page-2

(Examples of "the most bizarre")
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The Most Bizarre Movies Coming Out in 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpeGmEve568The 25 most bizarre Alabama news stories of 2017
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/the_strangest_news_stories_in.html

Private Investigators Reveal the Most Bizarre Thing They’ve Had to Do on the Job
http://didyouknowfacts.com/14-craziest-bizarre-cases-pis-ever-investigated/

The Most Bizarre Things People Found In Hotel Rooms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/l/the-most-bizarre-things-people-found-in-hotel-rooms/vi-BBGHCWD

(Examples of "bizarrer")
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I heardly found it anywhere as I have already mentioned before in my question above. However, I found it on twiter with hashtag. Below is the link.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/bizarrer?src=hash

(Examples of "more bizarre")
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More Bizarre Amazon Product Reviews LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eva5inyzBao

(Note: In this video the main speaker is also using "the most bizarre". He is a native speaker with North American accent, I don't know if he is from Canada or the USA).


10 More Bizarre Food People Actually Eat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRFvabDD8rU

Bond Markets: Growing Ever More Bizarre - WSJ - Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bond-markets-growing-ever-more-bizarre-1470834433


The U.S. Presidential Race becomes More Bizarre? - Spade Technology
https://www.spadetechnology.com/the-u-s-presidential-race-becomes-more-bizarre/

Here is my conclusion in the end.
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Comparative - "More bizarre" versus "bizarrer"

"bizarrer" as I said is unnatural to my ears.
"more bizare" I have heard and read it on numerous occasions.

Superlative - the bizarrest versus the most bizarre

As far as "the bizarrest" is concerned, it might be non-standard but I heard and read it more often than "the most bizarre" and it (the bizarrest) sounds more natural to my ears, You can see "the bizarrest" has been used even in the publications of the native speaking countries.

"The most bizarre" I have heard and read it less often but I believe this is the standard superlative form because this is what I saw in different dictionaries as well. And I just heard it in one of the youtube videos by a native North American speaker that I have also mentioned in one of the examples above.

Normal	Comparative	Superlative
Bizarre	bizarrer (non-standard)	the bizarrest (non-standard but very common)
Bizarre	more bizarre	the most bizarre (standard but less common)

Regards,
Aamir the Global Citizen

 

[SoothingDave]

"Bizarrer" is difficult to say, which is why it isn't used.

"Bizarrest" is not difficult to say, so people will use it.

Correct is to use "most bizarre."

 

[Raymott]

You've done a lot of research there! However, are you treating all these examples as if they were equally valid exemplars of what a normal educated person would say? For example, do you equate the example from Wall Street Journal as equivalent to the opinion of an unknown person on Twitter?

I would suggest that the preferable forms are: more bizarre, the most bizarre.

PS: Cross-posted

 

[Aamir Tariq]

You've done a lot of research there! However, are you treating all these examples as if they were equally valid exemplars of what a normal educated person would say? For example, do you equate the example from Wall Street Journal as equivalent to the opinion of an unknown person on Twitter?

I would suggest that the preferable forms are: more bizarre, the most bizarre.

PS: Cross-posted

Yeah it took me a couple of hours to write this post, because I had to research. And after I posted it, it was all jumbled up because I didn't know how weird it looked without inserting tables. So I have just edited the original post. I have also given my conclusion in the end.

What is PS: Cross-posted?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Raymott posted #3 shortly after SoothingDave posted #2.
#2 was not yet there when Raymott was writing #3.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . What is PS: Cross-posted?

Written at the same time and posted at almost the same time.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Raymott posted #3 shortly after SoothingDave posted #2.
#2 was not yet there when Raymott was writing #3.

I think that's what you mean by cross posted. What does PS stand for?

 

[Matthew Wai]

PS stands for postscript.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/ps