new (non-)coinage ("vagitarian")

[Wilson Gray]

On 2/27/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> >This coinage seems also to support the re-analysis of 'vegetarian' into
> >'vege + tarian' instead of 'veget-arian'. That is, '-tarian' seems to
> >interpreted as a suffix meaning 'one who eats (only)'. Some further
> support
> >for this might be found with 'pescatarian'. Something like 'fruitarian'
> >doesn't help. Are there others?
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> >-Matt Gordon
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> Well, we could have unitarians who eat things, e.g., peas, one at a time,
> & sectarians who drink only dry wines........nah, I don't think this'll
> work.   We'll be in big trouble if "-tarian" means /eats only/, when we
> come to humanitarian. That /t/ belongs to "vege" and to "pisca" .
> AM
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Well, could we use "trinitarian" to mean, "one who eats only fruits,
vegetables, and fish"? ;-)

-Wilson

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