Re: [romconlang] -able

Oh, geez, how embarrassing!  I read what you wrote, Peter, but
obviously didn't READ it, as you refer here...

<<
I also distinguish between a spade (blade generally flat, used for
digging) and shovel (blade curved or flanged, used for..well,
shovelling). But I've notice the distinction is being lost over here
too, although shovel is losing ground to spade. I suppose the need
for shovels, and thus the word, disappeared when we stopped using
coal or building by hand.
 >>

...to exactly what I referred to in my post.

What I evidently THOUGHT you wrote about was the definition
of spade that's a sword (doesn't that come from French?  And
wasn't it swords in the Tarot deck that became spades in playing
cards?).

-David
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