Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Tim May wrote:

> Mark J. Reed wrote at 2003-12-28 12:58:56 (-0500)
>  > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:26:45AM -0800, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
>  > > Whatever else a fuckative may be, it's an
>  > > emphatic infix. As far as I can tell from the few
>  > > uses I've heard, you can stick just about
>  > > anything in there.
>  >
>  > Except you can't.  The word "fucking" is the only
>  > universally-infixable fucative, in fact.
>
> I'm not so sure about that.  Certainly you can't just put in any
> swearword you like, but I think "bloody" and "goddamn" can go just
> about anywhere "fucking" can.
And words standing in for them ('fan-blooming-tastic' from one of the
people on a gardening show).

--
Tristan