greek + latin

Scot LaFaive spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM
Mon Oct 23 20:05:59 UTC 2006


Even better!
 
Scot L.



> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:54:45 -0400> From: laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> Subject: Re: greek + latin> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>> Subject: Re: greek + latin> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > >I'm going to place a vote for "logos-promiscus."> >> >Scot L.> > Promisconyms?> > LH> > >> >> >> >> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:09:01 -0700> From:> >>zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> Subject: greek + latin> To:> >>ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from> >>the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect> >>Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: "Arnold M. Zwicky"> >><zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>> Subject: greek + latin>> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------> >> >>a correspondent writes to ask about words combining greek and> >>latin> stems: television, scientology, hyperspace, Astrodome,> >>homosexual,> etc. is there a standard label for the phenomenon.> >> >>i see that the semi-technical (and pretty transparent) term> >>"Greco-> Latin hybrid" has some use. "Greco-Latin composite" would> >>be equally> good, but seems not to be used.> > any other candidates> >>out there? especially, any self-illustrating> ones (terms that are> >>themseves Greco-Latin hybrids)?> > arnold> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------> The> >>American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org> >_________________________________________________________________> >Personalize your Live.com homepage with the news, weather, and> >photos you care about. Try it.> >http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx> >------------------------------------------------------------> >The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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