Is "tion" not a very common suffix in other languages?
It's so common in English that I type it on autopilot.
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Sure -- for nouns derived from verbs and adjectives, just...
...like in English. Not for nationalities, which are, what, adjectives or adverbials or something? What, isn't -ian a very common suffix in English...?
Automation, from automate/automatic; gestation, from gestate; maturation, from mature(v/adj); infatuation, from youth and naivety... You chop off any vowels from the end of the verb and add the whole -ion part. Country and regional names that end in -ia are most all from Latin, like Sarmatia/n, Armenia/n, Arabia/n, Illyria/n(*), Liguria/n, Iberia/n, Catalonia/n, Galicia/n, Lusitania/n(+), Pannonia/n, Hibernia/n... They all end in -ia already(@), so you need just add an -n and keep your fingers off the vowels. HTH! --- *: Of which Dalmatia was a part. For more recent monikers in the same area, see YugoslavIA/N, SerbIA/N, CroatIA/N, RomanIA/N, and BulgarIA/N. +: Typing this in the Radisson Blu Lisboa. @: In Latin; English has often replaced this with an -y, but the -ian remains. --
Christian R. Conrad Same old username (as above), but now on iki.fi (Yeah, yeah, it redirects to the same old GMail... But just in case I ever want to change.) |
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so do you spell it Cristion in american?
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Good catch, Bill! No, not I, but perhaps DrooK? (And you?)
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Fast typing is (I suspect) partially fonetik
I don't think in parts of speech when typing.
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I see that the pilkunnussija mode is ON! :)
I had to dig through old notes to find that one. In colloquial Finish pilkunnussija means comma-fucker, i.e. someone being pedantic.
Alex
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Oooh! Even Linus hasn't used that one yet!
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Just stopped myself from nussing a few pilkkus elsewhere...
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For the geographically-challenged:
http://goo.gl/maps/90BR9
^^ Dalmatia. Lovely part of the world. My sister has been there on holiday a few times and adores the place. Very popular with the Germans, apparently. |
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All in slow Wohnautos-"RVs", in Yank-on narrow twisty roads.
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good jump off spot for smuggled ciggies back in the day
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