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<DIV><TT>On 26/03/2005 17:19, Fritz Goerling wrote:<BR><BR>> Fritz Goerling
wrote: <BR>> <BR>> >How productive is pejorative -ling in
English?<BR>> > <BR>> Peter Kirk:<BR>> <BR>> I
don't think this is pejorative in English either, it is simply a<BR>>
diminutive.<BR>> ... <BR>> <BR>> (FG) How about
courtling, earthling, underling? <BR>> <BR><SPAN
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=718165117-26032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>(PK)</FONT> </SPAN><BR>Well, it is the "under" rather than
the "-ling" which makes "underling" <BR>pejorative. And "earthling" was not
originally pejorative, although I <BR>have seen it used as such. I have never
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=718165117-26032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>(FG)
How about hireling, princeling?</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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