08-28-2022, 08:16 PM | #61 |
Bibliophagist
Posts: 36,751
Karma: 146617620
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
|
Do I really want to serve a turducken for Thanksgiving? It's only 6 weeks away.
|
08-30-2022, 06:39 PM | #63 |
Bibliophagist
Posts: 36,751
Karma: 146617620
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
|
The good(???) old days when I had a transceiver in the car.
|
08-30-2022, 06:58 PM | #64 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,015
Karma: 12012526
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canada
Device: Sony PRS-650
|
|
08-31-2022, 06:00 AM | #65 |
Bibliolater
Posts: 5,041
Karma: 2600000
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: England
Device: none
|
Or even older days when we had a radiogram? I can smell the pipe smoke…..
No boombox in those days. Last edited by Martinoptic; 08-31-2022 at 07:21 AM. |
Advert | |
|
08-31-2022, 12:06 PM | #66 |
Bibliophagist
Posts: 36,751
Karma: 146617620
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
|
Some of the replies leave me dumbfounded!
|
08-31-2022, 12:49 PM | #67 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,015
Karma: 12012526
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canada
Device: Sony PRS-650
|
|
08-31-2022, 03:07 PM | #68 |
Bibliolater
Posts: 5,041
Karma: 2600000
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: England
Device: none
|
Some of them leave me dumbstruck.
Edit - sorry that’s a compound word not portmanteau. 2nd edit - some flat pack furniture could be described as mimsy (miserable and flimsy). Good old Charles Dodgson! Last edited by Martinoptic; 08-31-2022 at 03:17 PM. |
08-31-2022, 05:28 PM | #69 |
Bibliophagist
Posts: 36,751
Karma: 146617620
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
|
'Twas pure happenstance.
Just remember, children make nutritious snacks! |
09-01-2022, 06:00 AM | #70 |
Addict
Posts: 289
Karma: 2228060
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: LaVernia, Texas
Device: kindle epub readers on android
|
Usually, these kind of neologisms are restricted to a single language, but I am intrigued by those kind of new words that can be portmantowed from English into German.
|
09-01-2022, 06:17 AM | #71 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 71,637
Karma: 306652114
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
Aren't all German nouns portmanteaux?
But I'm not very familiar with German. My foreign language skills are limited to Franglais Last edited by pdurrant; 09-02-2022 at 10:39 AM. |
09-01-2022, 08:29 AM | #72 |
curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ
Posts: 3,003
Karma: 50506927
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀"
Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃
|
Imagine how flabbergasting it would be if Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübert ragunsgesetz was a portmanteau, then consisting in concatenation of contracted words rather than only compounded nouns.
|
09-01-2022, 04:23 PM | #73 |
Bibliophagist
Posts: 36,751
Karma: 146617620
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver
Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos
|
Was in a restaurant last weekend and they supplied chorks for the customers to use.
|
09-01-2022, 05:28 PM | #74 |
Bibliolater
Posts: 5,041
Karma: 2600000
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: England
Device: none
|
A brillastic chinese invention!
|
09-01-2022, 08:21 PM | #75 |
curly᷂͓̫̙᷊̥̮̾ͯͤͭͬͦͨ ʎʌɹnɔ
Posts: 3,003
Karma: 50506927
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: ♁ ᴺ₄₅°₃₀' ᵂ₇₃°₃₇' ±₆₀"
Device: K3₃.₄.₃ PW3&4₅.₁₃.₃
|
|