exodentist is correct

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Fri Jan 13 19:56:20 UTC 2006


In a message dated 1/13/06 11:22:20 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> 
> I'd go with "exodontist" myself (à la grecque), as in "endodontist",
> "periodontist".
> 
> larry
> 

It is my understanding that the aliens have undegone /o—o/ vowel disharmony, 
in which case the unrounding of the second /o/ is a phonological matter, not 
an etymological one.



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