Dictionary of Affixes

[Michael Quinion]

> Michael mentions in the introduction that "place-name affixes
> (*-burgh*, * -ham*, *-thwaite*, *-wick*) have been excluded."  Which is
> as it should be, I believe.

It made much sense not to include them - it would have more than doubled
the size of the book and I've no skill in that field - but the biggest
factor at the time was the existence of the Oxford Dictionary of English
Placenames in the same series.


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Michael Quinion
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