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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lecturette / fashionable diminutives #171124 11/04/2007 3:13 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague When I was over yonder, I read in one the papers Lecturette. A lecturette about how you could improve yourselve to become the real succes you ever wanted to be. When looking through Google I saw the word quite a few times, but not in dictionaries. One Look only referred to Merriam-Webster, but lately M-W is assaulting me with flickering advertisements, so I shun the place. Is this adding of -ette a growing fashion for diminutives? I know kichenette an luncheonette and snack-o-rette. Does this 'lecturette' seem allright with you? Or is it a peculiar word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives BranShea #171128 11/04/2007 4:42 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA EEEuuwwww. Gag. Sugar overload! Too cutesy. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives wow #171130 11/04/2007 8:22 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Good! Wise Online Woman. You are the first to react to this miniinquierette. Thanks for your contribution. You will have the results as soon as possible. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives BranShea #171131 11/04/2007 8:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Main Entry: lec·tur·ette Pronunciation: |lekchschwa|ret, -ksh- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -s : a short lecture [Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives tsuwm #171132 11/04/2007 9:02 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Originally Posted By: tsuwm Main Entry: lec·tur·ette Pronunciation: |lekchschwa|ret, -ksh- Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -s : a short lecture [Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002] -ksh-? I would not have expected any other definition, but this makes it official. Thank you tsuwm. Altough it misses an opinion and your signature it will fully count. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives tsuwm #171133 11/04/2007 9:28 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Damn. If a lecturette is, in fact, a short lecture, then wouldn't a majorette be a short major? Or is a majorette really a minorette? Strange language that English French. Last edited by themilum; 11/04/2007 9:36 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives themilum #171141 11/05/2007 1:18 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont "DESTROY NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF KNOWN HOUSEHOLD PESTS WITH PRE-SLICED, RUSTPROOF, EASY-TO-HANDLE, LOW CALORIE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL EMPEROR STRINGETTES, FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL COLORING, AS USED IN HOSPITALS!" and from AskWiki: No answer found for the question "what's a stringette?" sheesheesh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives Buffalo Shrdlu #171154 11/05/2007 5:06 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague This is where they come from: link 1 [S: For what? W: "A MILLION HOUSEHOLD USES!" S: Such as? W: Uhmm...Tying up very small parcels, attatching notes to pigeons' legs, uh, destroying household pests... S: Destroying household pests?! How? W: Well, if they're bigger than a mouse, you can strangle them with it, and if they're smaller than, you flog them to death with it! S: Well *surely*!.... W: "DESTROY NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF KNOWN HOUSEHOLD PESTS WITH PRE-SLICED, RUSTPROOF, EASY-TO-HANDLE, LOW CALORIE SIMPSON'S INDIVIDUAL EMPEROR STRINGETTES, FREE FROM ARTIFICIAL COLORING, AS USED IN HOSPITALS!" and so on and so on ] English---stringettes, all about Monty Python: link 2 French---stringettes - Google pages are mostly about an undergarment called 'string'. Maybe it's them who have taken the English word 'string'and added the -ettes.(not related to Monty Python) The French dictionary Trésor does not have the word however. It would be in the French Urban dictionary if there were one. When you google 'stringette' ,you get entries about horse races and horses link 3 oef! This is the whole lecturette. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives themilum #171156 11/05/2007 6:08 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Originally Posted By: themilum ... then wouldn't a majorette be a short major? Groupies for the drum major. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lecturette / fashionable diminutives Myridon #171268 11/11/2007 2:02 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy R. Eastcourt journeyman R. Eastcourt journeyman Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 99 Hungarian Gypsy Mon surnom est minorette parce que je me suis fait baptisee mineuve. 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