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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread monopsony #79108 08/28/2002 1:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 There is a medical word from same root: opsonin n. obs. opson(ium), relish (< L < Gr opsbnion, food, provisions < opsbnein, to buy food < opson, meat or any food eaten with bread < o3, together with + *psbn, food, bread, akin to psbmos, mouthful) + 3IN16 a substance in blood serum acting on bacteria and foreign cells to make them more liable to destruction by phagocytes When you have seen the root, does it make any sense to pronounce it "mo Nopsony? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: monopsony #79109 08/28/2002 1:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 When you have seen the root, does it make any sense to pronounce it "mo Nopsony? We are not talking about *sense, here; we are talking about language. It's easier for the English speaking tongue to wrap itself around mo Nopsony than it is to wrap itself around mon Opsony. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: monopsony #79110 08/28/2002 1:37 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: What happens when a monopsony encounters a monopoly? And how about a naranje becoming an orange, etc.? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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