End of ADS-L Digest - 16 Jun 1998 to 17 Jun 1998
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<br>There are 23 messages totalling 1189 lines in this issue.
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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. bazillions..
<br>  2. plural's - a new development? (3)
<br>  3. Linguistic humor (fwd)
<br>  4. Long story on Melungeons (2)
<br>  5. Estuary English (3)
<br>  6. plural's - a new development? (LONG repost)
<br>  7. "email"
<br>  8. "concerning," adj. (4)
<br>  9. Plus Size Singles
<br> 10. RE>Plus Size Singles (2)
<br> 11. "skell" update
<br> 12. R.I.P., Tom Creswell
<br> 13. meat-eater & qualifer
<br> 14. Meat-eater & qualifier
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<br>Date:    Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:17:25 -0400
<br>From:    Bryan Gick <bgick[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SAPIR.LING.YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: bazillions..
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<br>> Avi,
<br>> I would write the word "gazillion" rather than "guzillion".  I'm trying
<br>> to figure out why, but I seem to see nonsense or augmentative words in
<br>> English having a "ga" at the beginning:  gaga, gads, gazonga, gargantuan.
<br>> Andrea
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<br>I haven't really been following this string, but upon noticing it, I
<br>thought it might be relevant that "bazillion" is about as familiar to me
<br>as "gazillion" (I'm from rural NW Pennsylvania).
<br>This, of course, leads to further conjecture on the mysterious
<br>augmentative onomatoprefix "ba-" (cf. "bazooms", bazooka, balloon, etc.).
<br>Also re. the "ga-", how about the "ka-" in "kaboom", "kablam", etc.?
<br>"kaboodle" (whole kit and _)?
<br>Bryan
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