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word_functions [2018/08/23 10:03]
ob postscript about English -ar people-words
word_functions [2020/08/01 15:08] (current)
ob diminutive -kin
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-PS. Out of interest, even though **-er** is the standard English suffix for people-who-do, the following words in **-ar** exist: beggar, burglar, bursar, liar, pedlar, registrar, scholar, vicar.+Comment: during a conversation in the FB group, **-kin** was mentioned as a possible diminutive suffix. 
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 +Footnote. Out of interest, even though **-er** is the standard English suffix for people-who-do, the following words in **-ar** exist: beggar, burglar, bursar, liar, pedlar, registrar, scholar, vicar.
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