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#58284
02/22/2002 6:03 PM
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old hand
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old hand
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I find it very awkward that MSN Messenger is used to send messages. (Try saying "I'll send you a message on Instant Messenger" 10 times fast!) Apparently "messager" is a word, but obsolete. Are there other words which have had an "n" added to it, and if so, why?
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#58285
02/22/2002 6:27 PM
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How about:
Passage/Passenger
I also propose: Massage/Massenger?
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#58286
02/22/2002 7:00 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Quick etymology check shows the n just snuck in there in ME. The vowel shift seems to be just some sort of random noise phenomenon; a>>e in the case of message/messenger(messanger in ME) from French and i>>e in passenger from Italian.
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#58287
02/23/2002 2:08 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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The Medium is the Massage--Marshall McCluhanCommonly misquoted as, The Medium is the Message...the version I admit that I have often fallen into over the years...it just sounds better. 
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#58288
02/26/2002 8:56 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Watch it. You're rubbingt some people the wrong way!
TEd
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#58289
02/26/2002 10:24 PM
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I didn't mean to cause friction. I thought my suggestion would just be dismissed as "rub"ish.
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