Date:  Thu, 23 Mar 1995 10:59:46 -0800

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Words for 1995!



Larry,

That is what struck me as well. Someone may have pointed out the spelling

problem as I didn't notice the sign this week. The semantics are probably

more significant. Is this an isolated case or is -able taking on a new

function?

I have seen so much idiosyncratic orthography lately that

it is impossible to even remember all of it. Our local high school did

have a banner a couple of years back proclaiming "We love are Turks" in

honor of the football team.

Allen





On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Larry Horn wrote:



> Garagable? not garageable? Both the orthography/phonology mapping and the

> morphology/semantics mapping strike me as being rather counterintuitive. I'd

> expect a car to be garageable, not a house to be garagable. But, as they say,

> that's me.

>

>   Larry

>