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SILIQUOSE v to inquire foolishly #backformation
فعلِ سادهیِ روز: سفاردن، سفار- "to order".
سفارش: order.
سفارشی: custom.
سفارشی کردن/ساختن: to customize.
«از دیجیکالا چی سفاردی؟»
#backformation
See also: (n)apron, (n)adder, cherri(es), pea(se), noumpere/umpire, narangi/orange, ekename/nickname, el lagarto/alligator #rebracketing #backformation #languageiscool 😚
NEWTS were originally called ‘ewts’. The word NEWT only emerged in the 15th century when ‘an ewt’ was wrongly misdivided into ‘a newt’.
Let's move onto #lexical or word changes in #language. One of my favorite changes to see throughout a language's history is #backformation.
Backformation is when part of a word is misinterpreted as an affix and combined with another morpheme (word portion). Some examples are:
I propose we reintroduce 'nake' as in 'learnèd' : 'naked' :: 'learn' : 'nake' as a concise completive for 'undress' #backformation #makeEnglishOldAgain
Enrich your lexicon and make up new words by #borrowing #compounding #blending #abbreviation #acronym #backformation #functional_shift=
@cmbrookins Hey! Let's take an uncramped walk thru Tolkien's original forest (Hogsback Eastern Cape). Any #HobbitHouse we find will be a #BackFormation
Hundreds of years ago, some people made a usage error.
English survived.
https://t.co/yWVrD5FIyL
Whoa! How is this for #backformation ?! Someone texted me "U dorby" on Grindr. So... "adorable" (adj) -> "dorb" (noun) -> "dorby" (adj).
How words are formed - sometimes it's backwards: https://t.co/Bt55SXOm2X? #learnenglish #LETSTALK #backformation
Tag 1 - Episode 1; Kurzzeitfasten 5+2 ...oder wie ich es nenne #backformation #mitschwangergewesen 😂
An MP on TV right now has just made the interesting #backformation 'resurge' (#verb) from 'resurgence': 'We must not let this resurge'.
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