On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, 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 :) )
Well, _any_ of Those Kinds of Words can be used as infixes.
I remember being taught that the -n- of stand is an infix
as well.
>I *do* know how some vowel alterations arose. In some words, a suffix
>causes an anticipatory change in a previoius vowel. So, say, in the
>language Gluk (which I just made up on the spot, ain't I clever):
Thou are so clever. Gluk is such a lucky name for a language!
But do tell us what "stik" and "blat" mean. :)
>
>protogluk oldgluk gluk
>
>stik stik stik
>stikum stykum styk
>blat blat blat
>blati bleti blet
>
Padraic.
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