Originally posted by RICKY_27+May 9 2005, 08:36 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RICKY_27 @ May 9 2005, 08:36 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by jonb@May 9 2005, 05:24 PM
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I'm not sure if you know it or not, Brian, but the ending -ion is the Sindarin prefix for 'son of' in The Lord of the Rings. So your name can be taken to mean 'Son of Altair.
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Isn't that a postfix or suffix? Yeah, there are six kinds of affixes, but prefixes and suffixes are the most common in English. (The others, for anyone interested, are as follows: An infix, such as abso-fuckin'-lutely or in-fuckin'-credible. A circumfix, as in embolden or enlighten. A simulfix, which occurs in a lot of irregular English verbs like tooth to teeth or eat to ate; vowels are easier to change than consonants. And a suprafix, where the accent or tone changes, such as produce.)
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Hey JONB,
Your post quoted above is a textbook example of 'WTMI' or to put it another way, it is far more than anyone ever cares or needs to know about 'fixes'
RICKY_27.
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[/b][/quote]Ricky, I'll bet you're good at something, be it math, literature, dentistry, working on internal combustion engines, oral sex, and you're glad to share what your good at.
It just so happens that jonb is good at everything else.