[Lexicog] suffix -dom

[Benjamin Barrett]

Only one Google hit for "cat-dogdom" and none for "dog-catdom." I  
think "cat" pretty much has to come before "dog," probably due to  
phonetic reasons. BB

On Oct 15, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:

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> They have to fight for dominance as real cats and dogs do. In some  
> cases they get along. Maybe that would give rise to a new coinage:  
> dogcatdom.
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> Fritz
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> I stand corrected and, as a dictionary compiler, I should have known  
> better. When something is not in "the dictionary" it does not mean  
> it isn't used. But with the number of hits for catdom being only  
> 15.6% of those for dogdom, the question of dogs vs. cats remains.
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> --Ken
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> --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:
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> From: Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lexicog] suffix -dom
> To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 1:16 PM
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> Since Google gives 5370 hits for catdom and 34,500 for dogdom but  
> catdom is evidently not in the dictionary, it seems that the  
> lexicography is going to the dogs. BB
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> On Oct 14, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Fritz Goerling wrote:
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> That is a deep philosophical question, Ken.
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> What does it say about dogs and cats?
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> There's dogdom but no catdom. What does this say about the semantics  
> of -dom?
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> --Ken
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> --- On Tue, 10/1.
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