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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>That is a deep philosophical question, Ken.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What does it say about dogs and cats?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-- Fritz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt'>There's dogdom but no catdom. What does this say
  about the semantics of -dom?<br>
  <br>
  --Ken<br>
  <br>
  --- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tue, 10/14/08, John Roberts <i><span
  style='font-style:italic'><dr_john_roberts@<wbr>sil.org></span></i></span></b>
  wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: John Roberts
  <dr_john_roberts@<wbr>sil.org><br>
  Subject: Re: [Lexicog] suffix -dom<br>
  To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lexicographylist@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1:PersonName><br>
  Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:24 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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  <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi
  Fritz,<br>
  <br>
  Here's another:<br>
  <br>
  <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Suffix</font></i></em>. -<em><i><font
  face="Times New Roman">dom</font></i></em>. situation referred to by the
  first part of the word <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>...</span></b>
  Retrieved from "<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/" target="_blank">http://en.wiktionar
  y.org/wiki/</a>-<em><i><font face="Times New Roman">dom</font></i></em>"
  :-)<br>
  <br>
  The url you gave doesn't seem to work for me.<br>
  <br>
  John Roberts<br>
  <br>
  <br>
  Fritz Goerling wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks for the
  examples, Neal,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>I especially like “random” and “seldom.” </span></font><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
  Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>I just discovered the following article “The Allegedly dead
  suffix –dom in modern English” at</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'><a href="http://www.jstor.org/pss/458952" target="_blank">http://www.jstor.
  org/pss/458952</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Fritz</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>princedom<br>
  freedom<br>
  dukedom<br>
  boredom<br>
  serfdom<br>
  kingdom<br>
  sheikhdom<br>
  sheikdom<br>
  officialdom<br>
  thraldom<br>
  seldom<br>
  earldom<br>
  random<br>
  Christendom<br>
  stardom<br>
  martyrdom<br>
  wisdom<br>
  topsy-turvydom<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
  <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
  Neal<br>
  <br>
  <a href="http://www.ncbrinneman.com" target="_blank">http://www.ncbrinne
  man.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Today I
  discovered in the announcement of the world championship of chess an
  interesting coinage “chessdom.”</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I wonder
  how productive word formation with the suffix –dom is in modern
  English, be it cases like wisdom, martyrdom, kingdom, Christendom in which
  the semantic value of the suffix is not the same.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fritz
  Goerling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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