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Re: Small Derivational Idea

From:Michael Poxon <mike@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 22:14
> In English, as the only language I'm fluent enough to comment�> on :D, it's > certainly true that the rare examples of infixes follow a�> phonemic rather > than morphemic rule, specifically: a word can take an�> obscenity infixed > preceding the first non-stressed syllable, as in�> "guaran-goddamn-tee," > "in-f***ing-credible," and "abso-f***ing-lutely".��Totally irrelevant > aside: there's a great term for this, and it's the only�word in English > that�begins with the letters tm- : "tmesis".�Mike�