by Getb (guest)
11/2/2004, 7:07 PM
"a highly unlikely form for it to take"
that is just YOUR opinion;
"the 'no' in 'nobyl' is part of the element 'cherno', so the second element is 'byl' not 'nobyl'"
I recognized that the second element was indeed "byl" (grass) and therefore admited my mistake (just due to probabilities), but there are cases that when a suffix and a preffix are joined 'cause they are joined by and identical syllable they are mixed together and the doubled syllable is reduced to just one, or if they are joined by the same vowel the extra vowel dissappears ("de el perro" are joined to make "del perro", which means "of the dog" if you wonder; but it really does not matters, it's just an example for you linguistics' wiz)...
Furthermore, even experts at the end do nothing but guess, it's just that they add more "knowledge" which is in itself a very debatable thing but... you studied linguistics so... From your point of view... You can't say a word on epistemology to a philosopher so... I give life without final declarations and leave others to vivisect my posts; so say they are wrong and say why if you think you have an appropiate reason, but do not label them as "nonsense" just because "your degree in linguistics is your license to kill [options]"... You tell others about being an adult and how to behave and make me remember those little brats who went around bossing the smaller kids saying they (the smaller kids) had to obey them (the brats) if they wanted to be real adults but were they (the brats) themself nothing but a childish mockery... You say you are not fuzzy and you are not rude but, look at yourself... behave... You will be treated the way you treat. Bye. (Sorry for my imperfect English in both grammar and ortography, I'm kinda rusty)