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Discussion Topic  RE: -ness, -osity, etc (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In the case of English deadjectivals (derivatives from adjectives), '-ness' is the only freely produ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Pronunciation again... (in Potpourri) by aput
I can't speak for 'realtor', which doesn't exist in Britain, but the other is really two words, 'jew......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
No, not German, Germanic. Common ancestor of English, German/Dutch, and Scandinavian....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms make a mulligan for wrecklessness. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Never heard of 'mulligan'. And 'wrecklessly' has some 7000 ghits, many of which are evidently intend......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lock of Hair (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Lock the hair (OE ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Another contemporary reference is the ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Yes, Spanish b/v, d, and g are all soft (lenited) between vowels. They're only explosive as in Engli......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Right, well 705 clinches it. There appears to be no evidence ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The terms lenis and fortis, weak and strong, are ones I consider of only marginal value in phonetics......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Euphemisms for Sexual Intercourse (in Potpourri) by aput
discussing Ugandan affairs...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Cornwall (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Well, the whole thing is wildly anachronistic, but as Cornwall is the modern name of a place, it's n......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Adjectives from proper nouns (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
In mathematics removal of the capital is a high honour, not accorded to all eponyms: Hermite is comm......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Horsey Talk (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Pig's trotters are, I think, pig's feet used as an article of food. And no, I've never heard of anyo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Subordinate (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
It sounds like a formal, neutral term to me. I do detect that there could be a pejorative whiff abou......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Colors of Spring" -- and others (in The Vocabulary Forum) by aput
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ramone, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
Rowan (though I don't know if it's from the tree)....
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Discussion Topic  RE: Ramone, etc. (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
This fits a general rule of English phonology: nouns don't have final stress, unless they end in cer......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Is it still dirty if I at least TRY to clean it up? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
I think 'my turn in the barrel' is picturesque enough that it could be used on its own by someone wh......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Why so few words of 'color'? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by aput
The book that suggests female activities were specifically important to language evolution is probab......
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