Re: [Harp-L] Airtightedness

[David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you think something should be a word, just start using it as if it were one. Shakespeare did that all the time and we still use those words everyday some 400 years later. There are some words that aren't words I like, some I hate... "fully engulfed" is one of my least favorites. 

Germans do it all the time, make up words. I think of all my words, "prewarify" was my favorite, It means to open up the back of a harmonica. Bluesify ranks 2nd. That's my favorite word and my obligatory harp content.

David
www.elkriverharmonicas.com

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On May 27, 2012, at 20:54, "eskeene@xxxxxxxx" <eskeene@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jon Kip wrote:"hadn't thought of the air tight thing. (I use those three words because I'm not sure that 
> "airtightedness" is a word, but it should be)" "Airtightedness" is indeed a word but I believe the more proper term is " inairtightability" is as in; "He patched his worn dungarees with a piece a disused dirigable and coated them with beeswax to impart the quality of inairtightability to the garment.".  One should be careful however though , as just like "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing, so it is that "inairtightability" and "airtightability" imply the same quality  (given the prevailing atmospheric pressures). As my dear mother used to often remind me, "Oxygen starvation to the brain due to hyperventilation from playing the mouth organ is never an excuse for poor grammer.". Helpfully yours, emily
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