Re: A Writing on Speechken (was: An ungothroughsome riddle)

I'm taking a class on English etymology, specifically of the Latin- and
Greek- derived words.  I'd like to forward some of the messages that have
gone through the list in this thread to my professor.
I'll cut out the names of the people who wrote the messages if you want.

The messages i'm thinking of sending are (not necessarily in order):

1. The original posting, by Padraic Brown.
2. Nik Taylor's response to the initial "ungothroughsome" posting.
3. John Cowan's response to Jesse Bangs, mentioning "Uncleftish
Beholding" and the name "Ander-Saxon".
4. This one i'm replying to, by Matt McLauchlin.

Do any of you mind?

(Notice that i'm not trying to write in Unlatined English myself, i think
i should probably study more :-)  )


-Stephen (Steg)
 "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment
  that you touch perfect speed.  And that isn't flying a thousand
  miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light.
  Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have
  limits.  Perfect speed, my son, is being there."
                    ~ _jonathan livingston seagull_


On Thu, 8 Mar 2001 02:16:01 -0500 Matt McLauchlin <matt_mcl@...>
writes:
> 1.1 Shapebits
>
> Like togethertakes and speakings, words have an inward framework
> made up of
> smaller ones laid out with kinship to each other in their own way.
> The most
> weighty weft of word framework is the shapebit, the smallest bit of
> speech
> that tells of meaning or working. The word builder, for showdeal, is
> made up
> of two shapebits: build (with the meaning of "put together") and -er
> (which
> tells that the whole word works as a name with the meaning 'one who
> builds'). Similarly, the word houses is made up of the shapebits
> house (with
> the meaning "dwelling") and -s (with the meaning "more than one").
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