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From: Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de>
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Subject: Re: partyer, partier ???
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:15:59 +0100
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Richard Polhill schrieb:
> Simon wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Being that time of year I have a festive question.
>> Both the words partyer and partier are listed by dictionary.com:
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/partier
>>
>> However I haven't found either of these two words in any other on-line
>> dictionary.
>>
>> Does anybody know if they are american english and not british english?
>>
>> Happy New Year,
>> Simon.
>>
> Hmm not sure the word exists as such but can legally be built by adding
> -er suffix to party. Partier cannot possibly be correct, however.
>
Both forms are contasined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which is
one of the authoritative dictionaries of american English, but I don't
doubt that the words also appear in then Oxford English Dictionary.
Indeed "partier" is probably the more regular form since when you add
the suffix "-er" to a word ending in "-y" after a consonant the "-y" is
usually changed into an "-i-", e.g. "carry" -> "carrier", "happy" ->
"happier", although tehre are some exceptions where both forms are
acceptable, e.g. "drier" and "dryer" are both acceptable (at least as
nouns, only the former is acceptable as the comparative form of the
adjective "dry").
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
> Rather than make up words it would be better to use party-goer or
> reveller as they carry the intended meaning.
>
> Rich
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