Re: Bostonites. *ZAP*

Brian Betty wrote:
> Again I cite the use of "faxilate," a term I thought I made up to make fun
> of such analysis errors
"faxilate" meaning "to fax"?

> Example: I once heard someone say
> "misusification" seriously in an attempt to make himself look intelligent.
Hmm, interesting.  Misusification = misuse, I suppose?  Quite
"ironical", don't you think?  ;-)

Reminds me of the history of the word "lunch".  Borrowed from Spanish
"lunjo" ("slice") as "lunch", it originally meant "a small snack", then
came to mean a mid-day meal, and was artificially lengthened to
"luncheon".  Now, it's gone full-circle and has been re-shortened to
"lunch", altho "luncheon" still exists.

As for linguistic "games" (as opposed to what you're talking about), I
have a friend who likes to make plurals by adding -i (/aj/) to
everything, so that he'll say things like "Lutherani" or "busi",
"wheeli", etc.

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