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Etymology and Definitions

Joseph P. Stemberger

De-leashin’ Transformation - a transformation that removes the leash tying a node to a tree. The node invariably runs away, thus leaving the position vacant and converting sequence XAY into XØY.

Number Agreement - subjects and predicates must agree in degree of numbness. If the subject is number, then the predicate must have greater numbness also.

dame - OE dǣme, OHG dāme < PWGmc *dām- < PGmc *dēm- < PIE *dhēm- ‘woman, wench’, whence also Lat. fēmina; borrowed into OF from OHG ca. 1100, whence mod.Fr. dame.

The Derivation of ‘Moses’ from ‘Middletown’—Metalleus
Empty Speech: The Non-Certifiably Brain-Damaged—Loraine Obler
Lingua Pranca Contents