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February 21, 2008, 20:32
<Asa Lovejoy>
A flaming question
For some reason I cannot find the adjectival spelling of "fire." "Firey" isn't right, and "fiery" seems wrong, yet my dictionary shows nothing! Helllllllp!
February 21, 2008, 20:58
tsuwm
well, the noun is used as a modifier, as in fire truck, fire engine, etc; but fiery
February 21, 2008, 21:10
zmježd
"fiery" seems wrong

Fiery seems the correct form to me. Ardently, fervently, inflammably why not?


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
February 22, 2008, 17:52
<Asa Lovejoy>
Why? Because the i and the e trade places. Why is that?
February 22, 2008, 17:59
zmježd
Because the i and the e trade places. Why is that?

FIRE
FIERY

Seems the i and the r swapped places. Why? If you wanted a rational orthography, you came to the wrong language. There is only aleatory happenstance here.


—Ceci n'est pas un seing.