caninality, felinality, murality

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes, check Google.  But it seems to apply primarily to male chauvinist
pigs. Must we allow colonialization of the term by the hairless apes?  Pigs
are people too - and they don't sell drugs or start wars.

JL

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at BELLSOUTH.NET>
> Subject:      Re: caninality, felinality, murality
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So do swine have "porcinality"
>
> Bill Palmer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:13 PM
> Subject: caninality, felinality, murality
>
>
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail
> > header -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      caninality, felinality, murality
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Not the motto of the French Revolution.
> >
> > This evening, on a PBS show about cats and dogs, a Humane Society
> > volunteer
> > explained that they try to determine a dog's "caninality" before they
> > match
> > it with an owner.
> >
> > That means "personality," but for dogs.  I didn't hear "felinality," but
> > Google tells me it exists.
> >
> > No "murality," AFAICT, for mice, but thousands of Raw Googlits in the
> > sense
> > of "murals."
> >
> >
> > JL
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org