From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
> New verbs in Spanish are specifically -ear, TTBOMK.
Hadn't thought of that. Thanks.
> As for -ness, it's definitely still the usual suspect, although the
> mainstreamification of the Internet - and some portion of geekish
> subculture with it - has broadened the scope of two counter trends:
> wordplay-based alternatives ('terifficity")
which goes back to my ready parallel point, yes?: electric --> electricity; terrific
--> terrificity
> and bare forms used as
> nouns without modification ("full of awesome"). Cue another of those
> "o tempora, o mores" rants you mentioned. ;)
Indeed. I'm going to sit on my porch, go to bed after Walter Cronkite and my bowl of
tapioca, and chase them damned whipper-snappers off of my lawn. :)
Kou