Date:    Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:21:42 -0400
<br>From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: lounge chaise
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<br>Add --> lounge chair(s), to complete the semi-calque (and I'll bet this is
<br>what we REALLY say anyway, isn't it?!).
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<br>
<br>At 08:53 AM 6/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
<br>>At 4:09 PM -0500 6/3/98, Mark Mandel wrote:
<br>>>I saw this new (to me, at least) variation yesterday:
<br>>>        LOUNGE CHAISES $20
<br>>>(or similar price).
<br>>>
<br>>>I suppose the logic is "Well, it's a chaise, and I guess it's for lounging."
<br>>>
<br>>Or--evidence for rule ordering:
<br>>
<br>>Fr. chaise(s) longue(s)--> longue(s) chaises(s)
<br>>        [via Anglicization of word order]
<br>>     --> lounge chaise(s)
<br>>        [via orthographically induced reanalysis]
<br>>
<br>>Nah.
<br>>
<br>>Larry
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