[Lexicog] suffix -dom

[Benjamin Barrett]

The evidence that cat should come before dog is actually internal  
(from my native intuition), which I should have made more clear.

"dog-cat" gets 5.4 million Googits versus 2.94 million for "cat-dog,"  
which gives a higher "cat/dog" ratio than I would have expected. Even  
worse of a blow to my intuition is that "catdog" blows "dogcat" away  
at 3.4 million versus 110 thousand.

There is a cartoon called "CatDog" and there are likely other  
contextual issues that muddle these figures, but nevertheless, it's  
clear that my intuition is not, err, very intuitive. BB

On Oct 15, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:

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> That’s pretty weak evidence, Benjamin. Could this ultimately have to  
> do with the question of whether “Real men love cats” or “Real men  
> love dogs” (both kinds of T-shirts exist)? Maybe campaigning should  
> start to determine the winner in this most important question.
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> FG
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> 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
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> 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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