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argosciv ago

Unsure if directly relevant to Lewis Carroll, but, definitely relevant to name abstractions!


Courtesy of conversation with Commoner RE: Hurricane Nate, "Nate", "Nathaniel"

@Commoner:

Of course, after Hurricane Harvey, we see Harvey Weinstein taking a hit.

Can you foresee any living Nate's taking a hit? Any actors , musicians, politicians?

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

behindthename.com - Nate

Natalie Portman? | Nat(e)-a-lie Port-man


Portmanteau

A portmanteau (/pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/ (About this sound listen), /ˌpɔːrtmænˈtoʊ/[a]; plural portmanteaus or portmanteaux /-ˈtoʊz/[b]) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,[1] in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word,[1][2][3] as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog,[2][4] or motel, from motor and hotel.[5] In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes.[6][7][8][9]

The definition overlaps with the grammatical term contraction, but contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not to make don't, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept which the portmanteau describes. A portmanteau also differs from a compound, which does not involve the truncation of parts of the stems of the blended words. For instance, starfish is a compound, not a portmanteau, of star and fish; whereas a hypothetical portmanteau of star and fish might be stish.


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argosciv ago

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see parent: name abstractions; Nate/Natalie; Natalie Portman?

argosciv ago

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see parent: name abstractions; Nate/Natalie; Natalie Portman?

argosciv ago

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see parent: name abstractions; Nate/Natalie; Natalie Portman?