Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 28, 2003, 4:21 |
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On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 10:36:37PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Actually, infix fucatives have to come just before the primary stress.
"Infix fucatives". Heh. That's a new one for me. (My favorite term
for the phenomenon is "infuckingsertion".)
> ("Imma-bloody-material", recorded from Australia, is an exception.)
Only because of the repeated -ma-, though; imma-bloody-terial would
fit the rule nicely. So the fucative is in the right place; it just
got something extra appended to it.
Is there a special term for the spooneristic reversal of such for
euphemistic purposes, as in "unbeluckingfievable!"
-Mark
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