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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=134104016-16112005><FONT
face=Arial> Isn't that the name of an Australian song? Or would you also
refer to a lady</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=134104016-16112005><FONT face=Arial>by "she
is a waltzing Matilda?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=134104016-16112005><FONT face=Arial>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=134104016-16112005> </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=134104016-16112005></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>S<SPAN
class=134104016-16112005><FONT face=Arial size=3>usan Gehr
wrote: </FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Waltzing Matilda?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On 11/16/05 3:06
AM, "Fritz Goerling" <Fritz_Goerling@sil.org> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Arial>Recently I
corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
German<BR>compound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a
suffix,' like:<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>Zappelphilipp = a
boy who can't sit still<BR>Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for
Heinrich)<BR>Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short
for Susanne) <BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>I am interested
in knowing how productive this kind of word formation is in English.<BR>I am
not looking for examples like "slick Willie, tricky Dick, nervous Nelly,
honest Abe,"<BR>some of which have become more or less common expressions. I
am interested<BR>in examples of the kind 'participle -ing + first name' which
seem to correspond<BR>to the German pattern mentioned above. Examples would be
"smoking Joe" (for the<BR>boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom,"
"doubting Thomas",<BR> especially if they have "made it" to become common
expressions and are<BR>included in the dictionary.<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial>Fritz
Goerling<BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR> <BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>
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