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Re: THEORY: Evolution of infixes/ablaut?

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, March 16, 2000, 18:06
Patrick Dunn wrote:

> Hatasoe uses infixes, but I don't know *how* the evolved. English only > has one infix -- namely, -fucking-, as in "absolfuckinglutely." It's > evidently an intensifier. (Note: I've actually seen this in a linguistics > textbook, so don't go getting offended on me :) )
-goddam- and -bloody- are also recorded: "indegoddampendent", "obliggoddamnation" (unusual because it is a noun), "immabloodymaterial" (with reduplicated "ma") have all appeared in print. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)