Re: CHAT: neroticism (was: RE: CHAT: the enneagram

Acualy - I was so ankshus while tipeing that I misspeeled the wurd ;)

Now that u menshun it, Nero-ticism seams prety intristing - dat guy was far
from emoshunally stabel


>From: And Rosta <a-rosta@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: neroticism (was: RE: CHAT: the enneagram
>Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:04:42 +0100
>
>Andy Canivet:
> > Emotional Stability (Neroticism),
>
>I am increasingly finding typos to be the objet trouve gems of
>conlanging. What does this one mean? Not a resemblance to Nero,
>for that would be _Neronicism_. Some sort of portmanteau of
>_necroticism_ and _eroticism_? -- Very compelling. What, then,
>would _ecroticism_ mean? Do nerot- and ecrot- mean anything in
>Greek? My Liddell Scott is in my other flat, so I try
>www.perseusproject.com (what the fuck is that all about?), find
>a load of shite, and then work my way to
>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform but find no evidence there
>of
>these forms in Greek.
>
>Any further suggestions about the meaning of this word, I would
>welcome.
>
>--And.



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