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Re: CONLANG Digest - 2 Nov 2000 to 3 Nov 2000 (#2000-301)

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Friday, November 10, 2000, 5:17
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 08:08:50PM -0500, Nik Taylor wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> > Poster: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> > Subject: Re: CONLANG Digest - 2 Nov 2000 to 3 Nov 2000 (#2000-301) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Muke Tever wrote: > > long, strong, wrong, and (obs.) mong > > --> stronger /stSrANgr=/ "more strong" > > --> wronger /rANr=/ "more wrong, one who wrongs" > > --> longer /lANgr=/ "more long" > > --> longer /lANr=/ "one who longs" > > --> monger /mVNgr=/ "one who trafficks" > > The last of which now only exists in compounds, e.g., "warmonger", > "fishmonger", "rumormonger".
I've never thought to use <mong> as a verb, but I think it's acceptable in my idiolect to say <monger>, although I never do. Besides the oddity of the pronounced /g/, to me another odd feature is that it has [AN] rather than [ON] -- I pronounce words ending in <-ong> with [ON], I think without exception. -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo