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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=593090919-26032005></SPAN>R<SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=593090919-26032005>How about an appendix "Being good
(lovable) is being small"?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=593090919-26032005>That would fit terms of endearment:
sweetie, baby, kitty, cutie.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=593090919-26032005>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=511313718-26032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One
of the semantic phenomena that we must grapple with in lexicography is
extended metaphor. If we can define a diminutive suffix as "a small X", then
it would be subject to the extended metaphor "Good is big, bad is small." From
these metaphors we have such expressions as "small minded" and "big hearted."
It would stand to reason, then, that any diminutive could be pejorative. A
good dictionary should note whenever an idiom or derivative is based on an
extended metaphor. I also recommend that we include an appendix of
metaphors:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=511313718-26032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Being bad is being small:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=511313718-26032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>feel
small, little courage, little imagination, small fry, small minded, smalltime,
small wonder, weakling </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=511313718-26032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ron
Moe</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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