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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>Recently
I corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
German</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>compound
word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a suffix,'
like:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial>Zappelphilipp = a boy who can't sit still</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial>Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for
Heinrich)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>Heulsuse
= someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short for Susanne)
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>I am
interested in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in
English.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>I am not
looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous Nelly, honest
Abe,"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>some of
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>which have become
more or less common expressions. I am interested</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>in
examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which seem to
correspond</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>to the
German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be "smoking Joe" (for
the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>boxer
Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>"peeping Tom," "doubting
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial>Thomas",</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial> especially if they have "made it" to become common expressions
and are</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>included
in the dictionary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT face=Arial>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=356064510-16112005><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR>
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