Re: infixes (was Re: what does -il- do (when it exists))

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:47:32 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:45:40 +0200, Rodlox <Rodlox@...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>    are there any languages which would have infixes?
>
>>> Abso-bloody-lutely! (I don't know any serious examples, though...)
>
>> In a similar vein, "hizzouse" and friends show an -izz- infix.
>
> And there's the -ma- infix in "gradumatation", "edumacator", and
> "congratumalations".
When I was younger I thought that "edification" was in a similar
class (i.e., some expanded version of "education") -- it only
appeared in contexts where they were interchangeable.



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