LL-L "Morphology" 2007.11.12 (05) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>* *
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2007.11.11 (06) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Morphology
>
> This made me think about -s (/-z/) as ... let's say a "marker of
> endearment."
>
> Question 1: Is it confined to American English?
>
> Unless I'm sorely mistaken, you hear this used mostly with women's
> names, though I hear it used with men's names as well. This makes me
> wonder ...
>
> Question 2: Is there a connotation of "cutesy" in it?

You may have noticed that I recently referred to Alexander Montgomery
(of "The Cherie and the Slae" fame) as "Sanders Montgomery". As well I
refer to him as "Sandy Montgomerie", but this is just me (I think).

In Scots, both "Sanders" and "Sandy" are short for "Alexander", and I've
often been called "Sanders" by Scots speakers, though only those of
close acquaintance (This is just an observation. Personally, I don't
mind either way). I don't think I've come across the form "Sander",
though. Why would the "s" be added at the end, since it doesn't occur in
"Alexander"?

King James VI, in one of his juvenile poems, actually refers to
Montgomerie in this way:

   Gif patient eire to something I maun say,
   Belovit Sandirs, maister of oure airt:
   [...]

maun: must

So the form "Sanders" is centuries old, but whether there's any
relationship to the modern usage, I have no idea.

I can't think of any other names that would be treated this way in
Scots.

Sanders
http://scotstext.org/

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