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Iain
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:43 pm
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Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
~Iain
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LaurieF
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 3:21 am
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Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
~Iain
Er...pardon? |
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Iain
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:30 pm
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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| Quote: | Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
~Iain
Er...pardon? |
I wrote:
I compared "night" with "height".
~Iain
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Stewart Gordon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:08 am
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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Iain wrote:
| Quote: | Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
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Where did you come across the word "nighity"? OneLook returns no hits,
and Google gives four but I'm not sure if one is using it as a word.
Stewart.
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Michael Mendelsohn
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:30 pm
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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Stewart Gordon schrieb:
| Quote: | Iain wrote:
Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
Where did you come across the word "nighity"? OneLook returns no hits,
and Google gives four but I'm not sure if one is using it as a word.
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"meaningling" astounds me. It rolls "sibling", "mingling" and "meaning"
into one word.
Cheers
Michael
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Iain
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:55 pm
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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Michael Mendelsohn wrote:
| Quote: | Stewart Gordon schrieb:
Iain wrote:
Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh
at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
Where did you come across the word "nighity"? OneLook returns no
hits,
and Google gives four but I'm not sure if one is using it as a
word.
"meaningling" astounds me. It rolls "sibling", "mingling" and
"meaning"
into one word.
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My original post was perfect Standard Written English.
"-ity" signifies a mathematical variable, even in "electricity".
"-ling" signifies sharing, as in "nameling", "sibling", etc.
~Iain |
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Odysseus
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:50 am
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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Iain wrote:
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Michael Mendelsohn wrote:
Stewart Gordon schrieb:
Iain wrote:
Are "night" and "nighity" meaninglings? The day becomes more nigh
at
night, tithergates it's now instead of nigh.
Where did you come across the word "nighity"? OneLook returns no
hits,
and Google gives four but I'm not sure if one is using it as a
word.
"meaningling" astounds me. It rolls "sibling", "mingling" and
"meaning"
into one word.
My original post was perfect Standard Written English.
"-ity" signifies a mathematical variable, even in "electricity".
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I don't see where mathematics enters into it, but at any rate it's
normally only attached to Latinate stems: native 'Anglo-Saxon'
adjectives are usually nouned by adding "-ness". Compare "proximity"
to "closeness".
| Quote: | "-ling" signifies sharing, as in "nameling", "sibling", etc.
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That's also a peculiar interpretation. What about "underling",
"duckling", or "changeling"?
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Iain
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Nighity |
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I don't see where mathematics enters into it, but at any rate it's
normally only attached to Latinate stems: native 'Anglo-Saxon'
adjectives are usually nouned by adding "-ness". Compare "proximity"
to "closeness".
| Quote: | "-ling" signifies sharing, as in "nameling", "sibling", etc.
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:That's also a peculiar interpretation. What about "underling",
That's a fossilised inflection from norse. It's like "afraid" or
"starling", or an illusional one, like "naked"(not actually a
past-perfect or past tense -- it just ends in -ed) .
:"duckling"
Different "ling", but only applicable to the likes of animals.
:"changeling"?
Same "ling" - A child that shares a change with another,
~Iain |
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