| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 8, 2001, 21:56 |
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, John Cowan wrote:>andrew scripsit: > >> > dysgl - disculus >> >> I had disc, but I think this is modern borrowing, so this is new. > >Note that there's plenty of room around DISCUS for extra words. >English has five through different derivation pathways: >disk, desk, dais, dish, and discus.Not to mention <shudder> "disco". Padraic.> >-- >John Cowan cowan@ccil.org >One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore > --Douglas Hofstadter >