[Ads-l] origamo

[Wilson Gray]

> That would mean people have reanalyzed “origami” as a count noun

Or as a "plural" Italian word "corrected" to the "singular."

On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> There's only one Vince Feragamo.
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> And let's not forget the Origamo Trail.
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 12:25 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > lmao
> >
> > > On 10 Mar 2018, at 09:21, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > And presumably those who are exceptionally partial to oregano insist on
> > oregani, as suggested at
> > > https://www.veenas.com/natco-dried-oregani-25g.html
> > >
> > > I=E2=80=99d implicate =E2=80=9Coregano=E2=80=9D as complicit in the
> rea=
> nalysis of =E2=80=9Corigami=E2=80=9D to
> > =E2=80=9Corigamo=E2=80=9D, but the stress pattern makes this dubious.
> > >
> > > LH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Mar 10, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Fascinating find.
> > >>
> > >> That would mean people have reanalyzed =E2=80=9Corigami=E2=80=9D as a
> =
> count noun, so I
> > went through about 50 Google hits for =E2=80=9Cmany origami=E2=80=9D and
> =
> found nothing to
> > support that (=E2=80=9Cmany origami projects=E2=80=9D, etc.) A more
> detai=
> led search would
> > probably yield something.
> > >>
> > >> I looked briefly at the hits for origamo:
> > >>
> > >> An apparel company which seems to account for the lion=E2=80=99s
> share=
>  of
> > origamo hits - https://origamoapparel.com/ <https://origamoapparel.com/>
> > >> A DOS game - https://www.myabandonware.com/game/origamo-2vx <
> > https://www.myabandonware.com/game/origamo-2vx>
> > >> Italian back formation from origami - https://www.divertilandia.it/
> > biglietto-pop-up-origamo-pavone <https://www.divertilandia.it/
> > biglietto-pop-up-origamo-pavone>
> > >>
> > >> And what appears to be an English usage of origamo for origami:
> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUYZwe9lzbHg <
> https://www.youtube.com=
> /
> > watch?v=3DUYZwe9lzbHg>
> > >>
> > >> Benjamin Barrett
> > >> Formerly of Seattle, WA
> > >>
> > >>> On 10 Mar 2018, at 07:49, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Jane Seymour on CNN speaks of "a sort of origamo thing," i.e. a
> singl=
> e
> > ex.
> > >>> of origami.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thousands of unsifted Google hits on "origamo."
> > >>
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