On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:36:43 +0000, Richard Polhill
<richard.news@polhill.vispa.invalid> wrote:
> Richard Polhill wrote:
>
>> This is exactly the model for preferring 'partyer' to 'partier' as an
>> adjective 'party' is implied by the second spelling. Imagine if you will
>> as sentence involving the compound noun 'party wall' - close in meaning
>> to the original French root 'partie': a share - perhaps it could become
>> acceptable to describe a one wall as 'partier' than another. ;-) I know
>> it sounds awful as there is no adjective 'party', but it would conform
>> to normal English evolution to extend an existing usage this way.
>
> No response to that? Not even a ROFL?
Usenet is not a real-time medium (nor even a small), patricularly for
low-traffic groups like this one and at the holiday season.
> Pah! What are the newsgroups coming to? ;-)
A sticky end, like a currant bun.
BTW, I agree with you about the endings, and that neither spelling looks
like a real word...
Chris C
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