[Ads-l] Accretion

[victor steinbok]

But "empathetic" misses the point - the use here is identical to
"emphatic", not "empathic". Perhaps the word is a confused blend of the two
but I suspect other reasons.

VS-)

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017, 11:18 AM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I don't know about "emphathetically," but "empathetic(ally)" is nothing
> new. OED dates "empathic" to 1909, with the variant "empathetic"
> (analogized on the model of "apathetic" and "sympathetic") showing up in
> 1912 in the psychological literature.
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> "Empathetic" may have gained ground because "empathic" is often associated
> with the science-fiction use of "empath."
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> http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/965
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> We discussed this back in '08:
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> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2008-November/085937.html
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> See further discussion here:
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> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3D3670
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> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:20 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > There are several words that seem to accumulate extra syllables on
> regula=
> r
> > basis. "Emphathetically" is a new one for me.
> >
> > "The Orioles, on the other hand, were a model of comportment in the
> > aftermath of Machado=E2=80=99s slide -- starting with Machado himself,
> wh=
> o
> > immediately reached out to Pedroia empathetically, both on the field and
> > with a text message."
> >
> > Olney: Red Sox deserve all the blame for Machado incident
> > http://es.pn/2pbAOZE
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