<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L  -  16 November 2007 - Volume 04

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<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">

Sandy Fleming</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:sandy@scotstext.org">sandy@scotstext.org</a>></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Morphology" 2007.11.15 (04) [E]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="Ih2E3d">

> From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Subject: Morphology<br>><br>> Salew, Lewkster!<br>><br>> > In Dutch, we call this a "koosnaam(pje)" or "troetelnaam".

<br>><br>> It's Kosename in German. I can't think of a Low Saxon equivalent.<br>> Anyone?<br>><br>> > Why not a "pet name"?<br>><br>> That's not "fancy-shmancy" linguistic, is it? It's supposed to sound

<br>> "educated" so ordinary people don't know what mundane thing you're<br>> talking about.  ;-)<br><br></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Then it would have to be made up from Greek roots, Ron, "cutification"

</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">won't do!</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" color="#888888">

<br>Sandy Fleming<br><a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank">http://scotstext.org/</a><br></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">

----------<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Morphology</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Sandy:</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Then it would have to be made up from Greek roots, Ron, "cutification"</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">

won't do! </div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Right you are. Let's see ... something along the lines of "onomatopoeia" ...

</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Noun: metharmchariterpnia or metharmchariterpnosis</span>

<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Verb: metharmchariterpnotize</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">

<li>μεθαρμ- (metharm-): change (into), make a change</li><li>χαριτέρπν- (charitérpn-): delightful, charming, enchanting</li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Obscure and esoteric enough a mouthful for yer?

</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">Reinhard/Ron<br><br></span>