Re: partyer, partier ???

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:36:43 +0000, Richard Polhill 
   <richard.news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Richard Polhill wrote:
> 
>> This is exactly the model for preferring 'partyer' to 'partier' as an 
>> adjective 'party' is implied by the second spelling. Imagine if you
will 
>> as sentence involving the compound noun 'party wall' - close in meaning

>> to the original French root 'partie': a share - perhaps it could become

>> acceptable to describe a one wall as 'partier' than another. ;-) I know

>> it sounds awful as there is no adjective 'party', but it would conform 
>> to normal English evolution to extend an existing usage this way.
> 
> No response to that? Not even a ROFL?

Usenet is not a real-time medium (nor even a small), patricularly for
low-traffic groups like this one and at the holiday season.

> Pah! What are the newsgroups coming to? ;-)

A sticky end, like a currant bun.

BTW, I agree with you about the endings, and that neither spelling looks
like a real word...

Chris C