|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
I didn't associate it with any particular meaning but I've made this very same misreading before so I recovered fairly quickly.
I've managed to get coworker into my brain but I still see echoes of someone who orks cows.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Heck, I'm still orking on coordinate.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,295 |
verbefying ork or orc is a perilous venture as you may turn into one:
Orc (?), n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zoöl.) The grampus. [Written also ork and orch.] Milton.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 390 |
[Written also ork and orch.] Milton. also written yrch if you speak Sindarin.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1
stranger
|
|
stranger
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1 |
"Nonnative" always seems to me like one of those Latin declensions, like "ablative."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,290 |
like one of those Latin declensions
I think you're thinking of the nanitive suffix, which is similar to the diminutive one.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
Hey, welcome, Hal! You have a neighbor here, did you know?
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,412
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
907
guests, and
3
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
|
|
