Re: USAGE: -ic(al) Re: [CONLANG] Most developed conlang

> * MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM said on 2007-04-29 01:07:02 +0200
> > * conlang@MELROCH.SE writes:
> > > Interestingly my dictionary points out that the adverb to
> > > _politic_ is _politicly_, so obviously the rule that
> > > adjectives in _-ic_ insert _-al-_ before _-ly-_ may be
> > > overridden in such a case, which begs the question why it
> > > should be continued at all!
> > >
> > Actually the word is spelled "politically".  Your dictionary
> > must be wrong.
>
I've never seen/heard "politicly" (accent on po-; it seems awkward), but
there is certainly a difference in meaning between "to behave póliticly" vs.
"to behave polítically".

While politic and polite have similar meanings, I believe polite is related
to "polish" (French/Latinate vocab.) while politic et al. derive from Greek
polis 'city', no?

Curious sidenote: while most US cities with -polis (Annapolis, Minneapolis,
others?) have antepenultimate stress, Gallipolis Ohio (settled by French) is
pronounced locally [g&lIpo'lis] a la française I guess.