[Ads-l] "-ies"

[Shawnee Moon]

Good afternoon,

I was curious if anyone knows where the Y and its plural IES originated
from.

The most obvious usage today is "Selfies", but kittens are kitties, dogs
are doggies, a horse is a horsey (infrequent adult usage). There's a gross
and stupid commercial about antiperspirant/deodorant which calls the
sniffing of one's own armpits for body odor a 'smellfie."

It's not the same as turning a word into an adjective, like, "It smells, so
it's smelly." Or saying I feel a little achy or itchy.

Some of the words are baby talk, like doggy instead of dog, but selfie is a
current word used by teens and up. Just one of those things that meander
through the craters of the Moon's mind...


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Sent from the Moon 🌜

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