Re: Common Orcish Article (Long) - was Re: tolkien?

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> At 18:29 19.12.2003, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
>> Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
>>
>> > At 23:12 18.12.2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>> >
>> > >Well, that would be a possibility ... but I think I'll leave it as
>> is. If
>> > we
>> > >had dissimulation here, it ought to turn up in alot of other
>> places too,
>> > >
>> > >Hehe, another example of a linguistic term which shows its own
>> meaning.
>> > >The correct term is "dissim*i*lation" :))) .
>> >
>> > There's none as good as 'hap(lo)logy' anyway.
>> > What really annoys me is that some use
>> > 'morphonology' in earnest.  Don't they know
>> > what _moros_ means?
>>
>> I'm not guilty of that particular sin, but nonetheless don't know
>> what "moros"
>> means, unless it's the Spanish for "Moors" (or Muslim Filipinos),
>> which seems
>> unlikely. Enlighten me?
>
>
> 'tis Greek for 'stupid'.

So...Morphonology is the study of stupid sounds?

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