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Re: [FWP] Fun with terminology

To: fwp@technofile.org
Subject: Re: [FWP] Fun with terminology
From: Adam Sampson <azz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:55:13 +0100
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9910282024200.1893-100000@zeppo.i-2.com>; from D@i-works.com on Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 08:26:02PM -0500
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On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 08:26:02PM -0500, Tushar Samant wrote:
> OK brainiacs, what's the plural of circumfix? I need to know by 
> tomorrow...

By analogy with "matrices", "circumfices". Nice tie-in with "sacrifices".
However, I prefer "circumfixen", by analogy with "Vaxen".

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Adam Sampson
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References:
- Re: [FWP] Fun with terminology
  - From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
- Re: [FWP] Fun with terminology
  - From: Tushar Samant <D@i-works.com>

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