RE: [FWP] Fun with terminology

[rgaushell@iswest.com]

On Oct 28, Jeff Pinyan added:
> On Oct 28, Tushar Samant blah blah blah:
> 
> > OK brainiacs, what's the plural of circumfix? I need to know by 
> > tomorrow...
> 
> Circumfeces?
> 
Bennett Todd added:

> Surely it _has_ to be circumfoeces?

Ok, sports fans.  I did a search at openlook.com for related words, and came up with "crucifixes" ... which translates to "circumfixes".  However, being a good English major, I also know that it would be incorrect to assign a plural sense to an adjective or verb, which circumfix assuredly must be, just as 'infix', 'postfix' and 'prefix' are adjectives or verbs.  So, the correct usage would be "circumfix operators" or "circumfix <i>your plural noun here</i>". Although I have to agree with the writer who suggested outfix as a more logical choice.

Another Avid Reader of Fun with English^D^D^D^D^D^D^DPerl,
Rich



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