From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2009-05-14T08:24:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Whaaaaat?

Adam Gardner wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:02:45AM +0900, Todd Benson wrote:
>>     
>>> The"pre-appending" (yes I'm aware that's not a word or proper
>>> conjuction) _star_ flattens arrays/ranges.  Well, not exactly; it
>>>       
>> I'm pretty sure the word you want is either "prefixing" or, if you like
>> the hypercorrect neologism, "prepending".
>>     
>
> Hrm. I had always thought of 'prepend' as a commonplace, dictionary 
> word, and was about to point out that it was such, until I accidentally 
> looked it. Neologismtastic!
>   
Actually, this is all unnecessary. In linguistics, for eons, we have 
spoken of prefix and suffix usage, So, this is a prefix asterisk, as in 
"...the meaning of this prefix asterisk is blah blah...". That says it 
just fine, with no new language. Travel light.

t.

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