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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=375035623-26032005>John,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375035623-26032005>So where
would the adjectives 'mannish' and 'womanish' fit according to this
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=375035623-26032005>classification?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375035623-26032005>How
do they sound in English? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=375035623-26032005></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=375035623-26032005> </DIV></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375035623-26032005>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><BR></FONT> </DIV><TT>According to Urdang (1982) English has -ish1
and -ish2. -ish1 is a highly <BR>productive and still active adjective-forming
word-final element. It has at <BR>least 5 senses, none of which are
pejorative.<BR><BR><BR>John Roberts<BR><BR></TT><BR>
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