Re: CHAT: postcodes
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 23, 2002, 20:34 |
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> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:03:39 +0000
> From: Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>
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> Nonce spelling error noted too. I generally remember ambiguous sounding
> unstressed vowels in latinate words by thinking of the Latin declension
> they arise from, via their infinitive. It works suprisingly well:
> it's obvious that "*[de]pendare" is wrong while "[de]pendere" is right.
> For some reason I can't put my finger on.
You've seen pension, suspension, but never *pendation, *suspendation.
Right?
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)