Re: deseret conlangcon '99!
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 20, 1999, 5:30 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> I don't think I've ever heard -con used as a free morpheme before. It's always
> been a suffix of some sort, like Star-Trekcon, or something to that effect.
> Is this <boink> a free morpheme?
Well, from what I gathered the last time this was discussed on this here
list, "boink" is an innocuous word in Britain meaning "get-together".
> Not to mention the connotations it carries across the rest of the US.
Exactamundo.
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