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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8013 10/20/00 07:21 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England an abomination, half Latin and half Greek Am I correct in thinking that this applies to practically all dinosaur names? Seems to me that giving something a hybrid name means it is guaranteed a popularity that will last for generations! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8014 10/22/00 03:16 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Is earning money detrimental to creativity? On one hand - to really reach full potential, an artist needs freedom. If art is paid for, the one holding the purse strings has a right to interfere. (Hollywood ululation : "He said he'll give us the money, but he wants his mistress in the lead role). It is impossible to work with that kind of interferance. But then again - so much crap is created under the excuse of artistic freedom. The other aspect is that money requires sense, and creatitivity requires sensibility. Blessed is the artist who is good at both. Shakespeare? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8015 10/23/00 04:33 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I'm no expert on dinosaur nomenclature, but of the ones I do know, I think they're all pure Greek except tyrannosaurus rex, and that's two words so it doesn't count. No doubt, examples of hybrid names will now come flooding in. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8016 10/23/00 04:49 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 examples of hybrid names will now come flooding in. Am I correct in thinking that one of the proposed appellations for those who post here, is just such a hybrid? I am thinking of linguaphile. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8017 10/23/00 01:55 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England No doubt, examples of hybrid names will now come flooding in. I did a quick search for hybrid dinosaur names, and - naturally! - you're quite right, Bingley. The fact that a lot of the names end in saurus threw me a bit, but that's just a New Latin version of the Greek word sauros (lizard). Actually this appears to apply to most dinosaur names: they're New Latinized combinations of Greek roots (arrk, horrible sentence). Only exceptions I found were "triceratops" and "iguanodon", the latter being a combination of Spanish and Greek of all things. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8018 10/23/00 02:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Pakicethus - ancestral whale, fossilised in the area of modern Pakistan. Is this considered a hybrid? If not, why is iguanodon necessarily one, given that iguana is realtively well established in English, and elsewhere, and may have been lending a 'name' (Pakistan) rather than a meaning? I don't know, of course, if it was a name or a meaning being loaned, but would the bald etymology of the average dictionary show this? cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8019 10/23/00 09:25 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Is this considered a hybrid? Point taken, shanks. It shouldn't be, really, in that it's a blend of a modern word and classic roots from a single source. If you frown on a combination like that, you're frowning on pretty much all languages in their entirety. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8020 10/24/00 04:25 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: Am I correct in thinking that one of the proposed appellations for those who post here, is just such a hybrid? I am thinking of linguaphile. It is indeed. If we wish to preserve the etymological decencies (though quite why since every other decency went out of the window long ago) we should be glossophiles. Why does the obvious derivation from glossophilia make me feel uneasy? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8021 12/18/00 01:42 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London Was it Forster who said that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Latin/Greek roots in the same word #8022 12/18/00 01:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London N NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast N Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London How about "heterolingual"? Or "ambiglossal"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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