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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Somebody thinks its a word #143310 05/27/05 09:50 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I get 5,840 for highlit. Highlighted gets 27,100,000. I think Pinker's point was that verbs with recently derived meanings, e.g. a batter flying out, and newly built verbs, e.g. highlight, are regular even if the root verb is irregular. AHD lists only the regular past: http://www.bartleby.com/61/70/H0197000.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Just the highlights Father Steve 05/27/05 01:30 AM Re: Just the highlights Buffalo Shrdlu 05/27/05 01:32 AM Somebody thinks its a word Father Steve 05/27/05 05:23 AM Re: Somebody thinks its a word Faldage 05/27/05 09:50 AM Re: Just the highlights Bingley 05/27/05 02:41 AM Re: Just the highlights callithump 05/27/05 04:43 AM Re: Just the highlights carpathian 05/27/05 10:30 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 220 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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