Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

At 3:54:41 PM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> At 3:45:52 PM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, stlatos wrote:

>>> Are you seriously saying that because I abbreviated
>>> "adjective" as "adj." you had a problem understanding my
>>> meaning?

>> Obviously I am saying nothing of the kind, or I couldn't
>> have read it as I did: my reading clearly required
>> recognizing 'adj.' as an abbreviation for 'adjective'.
>> Sheesh!

> Then what did I abbreviate that supposedly caused you to
> interpret it wrongly?

Nothing. I was simply making my best guess at your meaning,
given your usual telegraphic lack of clarity. It should be
obvious that I understood your 'noun/adj.', which you meant
as a disjunction, as short for 'denominal adjective'.

Brian