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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2004-07-22 02:27 pm

lexicographical excursus

bunny rabbit
kitty cat
puppy dog
*lamby sheep
?fry fish
?joey kangaroo
?cygnet swan

[identity profile] windswept.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
lamby-pie

[identity profile] snowy-owlet.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Brought to you by the same people who made up "pride of lions," "murder of crows," and "unkindness of ravens."

[identity profile] snowy-owlet.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
AKA The Damn Victorians, Who Are to Blame for Everything.

Everything?

EV. RY. THING!

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
That's different. The young of a pie isn't called a "lamby". Maybe "tartlet pie"?

[identity profile] windswept.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
including "drumstick"

[identity profile] cpratt.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
'hot water heater' is fun too.

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Evidence? When do these collocations first come into use?

[identity profile] windswept.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, I'm sorry. I was just overcome with the urge to type lamby-pie.

no, not this route

[identity profile] windswept.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
because then I will be forced to start screaming shrilly about "shrip scampi"

[identity profile] rollick.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
By the same token, an immature cat isn't a kitty, it's a kitten. An immature rabbit is not a bunny, it's a kit. The terms "bunny" and "kitty" are just as attributable to adult members of the species; it's just a cutesy diminutive.

If you're going to generalize from one example, then why is it that Joyce references a "moo-cow," but never mentions a "quack-duck" or a "trumpet-elephant"?

Re: no, not this route

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Or the Iron Chef favourite, "homard lobster".

[identity profile] snowy-owlet.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Your irritating insistence on evidence really puts a damper on my histrionics.

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
An immature rabbit is not a bunny, it's a kit.

Maybe to breeders. Most people I know say "baby bunny".

So what you are saying is that "lamby" is just as attributable to adult members of the pie spieces?

If you're going to generalize from one example, then why is it that Joyce references a "moo-cow," but never mentions a "quack-duck" or a "trumpet-elephant"?

That's an interesting question. I have seen "cluck-hen", but not often. And there is a website called "Meow Cat".

veliger-clams

[identity profile] pacotelic.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
fauntly-victorians
notio-histrionix
mariju-history

play-breeder indeed

Re: veliger-clams

[identity profile] snowy-owlet.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
This thread is driving me to alcoho-drink.

[identity profile] welcomerain.livejournal.com 2004-07-22 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

[identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com 2004-07-23 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Totally different thing.

[identity profile] zompist.livejournal.com 2004-07-23 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think anyone's mentioned cubby bear. (I don't know if this is general; it sounds fine to me because there's a North Side bar of that name.)