} It's common knowledge that Beyonce' invented the word "Bootylicious", } but did she in fact originate the entire "-licious" ... and Beyonce' respectively. Did they say they invented them? Or is that just where you

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well miriam, I'd say that is all about TIME - the -ish morpheme is well established in the way of slightly modifying an adjective if you read a phrase like "thickish mixture" in a recipe you accept it because that useage has been around a long

... } When I first started typesetting in 1977, I had to check the hyphenation } of every word, just to be sure it was correct. When I encountered such } barbaric hyphenations as "bibliog-raphy" and "biog-raphy," I read up on }

As one who typesets many languages and thus has to ... based on *pronunciation*, not on *morphology* as in other languages, You are right in maintaining that English hyphenation is inconsistent. (However, only sometimes correct in terms of

Dear all, I have some questions about how words are divided in dictionary entries. It seems to be an arbitrary business. Not entirely arbitrary, but certainly complicated. The Chicago Style Manual is an American source for rules, if I remember

The maximum onsets principle isn't universally accepted. See http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/syllabif.htm which describes the syllibification principles used for theLongman Pronunciation Dictionary. Thank you for your reply,Jonathan. But

I've been sitting here trying to work out my pronunciation, ... saying "high for nation". Not the same thing at all. Jumping in at midstream and mid-arguments: As one who typesets many languages and thus has to hyphenate words, I

I've been sitting here trying to work out my pronunciation, and I'm pretty sure that I break it as hy.phen.na.tion. ... pronounce it as hy.phe.na.tion, the result sounds as if I'm saying "high for nation". Not the same thing

The maximum onsets principle isn't universally accepted. See http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/syllabif.htm which describes the syllibification principles used for the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Thank you for your reply,Jonathan. But