Re: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-

From: stlatos
Message: 59023
Date: 2008-06-03

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 3:54:41 PM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, stlatos wrote:

> > 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'.

You misinterpreted what I wrote and then blamed it on me? You've
said I abbreviate too often, not that I misuse symbols. I've never
used / like that, I would've written noun << adj. if that's what I had
meant.

If this is really what the problem was, why didn't you ask what I
meant in your first response or at least mention what your
interpretation of a supposedly difficult form was after I questioned
why you'd somehow bring 'foot' and 'footic' into the mix.

I still don't understand why you'd pick 'foot' as the noun I
supposedly put at the base of the derivation (and not 'fall' or 'sin'
or some other similar noun).