From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-09-25T08:49:45+09:00
Subject: Re: "The class that it is mixed in to..."

Hi --

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Randy Kramer wrote:

> On Friday 23 September 2005 08:58 am, David A. Black wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, William Morgan wrote:
>>> Excerpts from John Carter's mail of 22 Sep 2005 (CDT):
>>>> Can anyone think of a more sane word / phrase than "The class that it
>>>> is mixed in to"?
>>>
>>> Mixee.
>>
>> That would be the module itself -- the thing getting mixed [in] :-)
>
> I guess when I hear "mixee" I expect a "mixer" to exist.  So one would be the
> mixer and one would be the mixee.
>
> My first thought is that I would call the thing getting mixed in the mixer and
> the other (the thing getting something mixed into it) the mixee.

I see it as analgous to:

   Employer employs employee.
   Nominator nominates nominee.

thus:

   Mixer mixes in mixee.

Of course, it's not really mixer or mixee -- more like mixer in and
mixinee :-)

In practice, 'ee' usage is actually sort of weird and inconsistent.
"Attendee" (person who attends) and "standee" (person who stands) come
to mind as "backwards" examples.


David

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David A. Black
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