[Lexicog] Pejorative suffixes

[Mike Maxwell]

Peter Kirk wrote:
> And "earthling" was not originally pejorative, although I
> have seen it used as such.

I find it hard to imagine how anyone but an alien could use
'earthling' as pejorative.  For those of us on this list who
_are_ earthlings, I imagine it just means 'inhabitant of Earth'.
--
	Mike Maxwell
	Linguistic Data Consortium
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu


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