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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #120967 - 01/23/04 01:40 PM epenthesis, -etic jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California The recent thread on schwa got me to thinking about epenthesis 'the insertion of a sound or letter into the body of a word' (M-W) or 'the insertion of a sound in the middle of a word, as in Middle English thunder from Old English thunor' (A-H). If the insertion takes place at the beginning of the word, as especial and estate, it's called prothesis. If it's a vowel rather than a consonant that's being epenthetically inserted, it can be called anaptyxis. Top #120968 - 01/23/04 01:53 PM Re: anaptyxis Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12533 Athaletes and realitors everywhere thank you for that, Nuncle J. BTW, do you know any MnE words that have undergone anaptyxis? Top #120969 - 01/23/04 02:03 PM Re: anaptyxis jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California By MnE, do you mean Modern English (Present Day English)? Other than the two examples you gave? Top #120970 - 01/23/04 02:14 PM Re: anaptyxis Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12533 I mean Modern English and words that are considered "correct" by the purest purist. Top #120971 - 01/23/04 02:21 PM Re: anaptyxis jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Well, spelling plays all kinds of tricks, e.g., the 't' in often has often caused an epenthetic dental stop and the 'd' in admiral doesn't really belong there (it's based on an erroneous etymological spelling assuming a word borrowed from Latin rather than Arabic). Top #120972 - 01/23/04 02:42 PM Re: anaptyxis Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12533 I'm looking for some where a vowel has been added. Top #120973 - 01/23/04 04:25 PM Re: anaptyxis jheem veteran Registered: 01/06/04 Posts: 1474 Loc: California Nope, you've got me. English phonotactics doesn't seem to have too much of a problem with consonant clusters. Top #120974 - 11/16/05 04:50 PM Re: anaptyxis MilNEMGaL stranger Registered: 11/16/05 Posts: 1 Loc: Southwest Will someone please use the word in a sentence for me? Also as an adjective? Thanks......I don't mean to be mis-chiev-e-ous :-) Top #120975 - 11/16/05 08:25 PM Re: anaptyxis tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9577 Loc: this too shall pass >Will someone please use the word in a sentence for me? Also as an adjective? did I just walk in on the Scripps National Spelling Bee?? _________________________ joe friday Top #120976 - 11/16/05 09:53 PM Re: anaptyxis Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6690 Loc: Vermont > use in a sentence umm, we can't find many words that are anaptyxitic? Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189753 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 18 Guests and 44 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12533 Jackie 10393 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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