Re: Fruitful typos (was: Vulgar Latin)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 20, 2000, 1:02 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> English is no exception: for any placename, I can derive an adjective and a
> noun (usually identical in form) using one of a number of suffixes: -an,
I've noticed an odd tendency for some words that end in -a to change the
-a to -ian, as in Florida -> Floridian [in fact, when I was a child, I
thought Florida was spelt "Floridia", with the second _i_ being
silent!], but America -> American
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