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Re: CHAT: postcodes

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Monday, September 23, 2002, 20:34
> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:03:39 +0000 > From: Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> > > 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)