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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #120967 - 01/23/04 06:40 PM epenthesis, -etic   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 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. #120968 - 01/23/04 06:53 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Athaletes and realitors everywhere thank you for that, Nuncle J. BTW, do you know any MnE words that have undergone anaptyxis? #120969 - 01/23/04 07:03 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California By MnE, do you mean Modern English (Present Day English)? Other than the two examples you gave? #120970 - 01/23/04 07:14 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I mean Modern English and words that are considered "correct" by the purest purist. #120971 - 01/23/04 07:21 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 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). #120972 - 01/23/04 07:42 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm looking for some where a vowel has been added. #120973 - 01/23/04 09:25 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 jheem veteran jheem   veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Nope, you've got me. English phonotactics doesn't seem to have too much of a problem with consonant clusters. #120974 - 11/16/05 09:50 PM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 MilNEMGaL stranger MilNEMGaL   stranger Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1 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 :-) #120975 - 11/17/05 01:25 AM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 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?? #120976 - 11/17/05 02:53 AM Re: anaptyxis   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > use in a sentence umm, we can't find many words that are anaptyxitic? formerly known as etaoin... 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