Re: Etabnannimizing Tsiressa Orthography

En réponse à Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

>
> I always hated the "-a is feminine" stereotype, especially since
> my (male!) pseudonym is "Cinga".   =)))
>
> That's why Obrenje nicknames tend to end in -a for males and
> -i for females.  I consider -i so much more feminine than -a.
>
I think I originally took the idea from some natlang where masculine nouns
tended to end in -a. And from Spanish which tends to end masculine Greek
borrowings in -a (like "el poeta": the poet :) ).

>
> Google gives me a French site which describes the verb |druger|
> as "pousser rapidement, avec exubérance".
>
Nice idea, but what does it have to do with the woods? ;)))) It's a funny
coincidence, and I didn't think about it, but it's not the answer :)) .

Christophe.

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