No.Language is not exactly logical but I find its history - etymology - truly fascinating <br>
BTW "<span class="q"> violinIST, flautIST, pianIST etc "<br>
would perhaps have run more logically if 'flaut' was an every day English word.<br>
I'm not certain, but I believe it's Italian (for the English'
'flute' which is of course derived from the French) hence Eng
FLUT(e)ist ! <br>
I have recently discovered that 'flummery' is anglicised from a
Welsh word 'llymru' with 'F' = "LL' as in Shakespeare's 'Fluellen'
(Llewelyn) etc<br>
mew<br>
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</span><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bickerton, Roderic K (SELEX) (UK)</b> <<a href="mailto:roderic.bickerton@SXuWM9kOJD0L6L8WYo7Y6mjk_m_7CWSJDJI-lFlYZ6SkFmMkzks6psGYjW_1kPcP4yu7pbAr34A1WxHCXMoCBg.yahoo.invalid">roderic.bickerton@FN-VkFX8Gkt11FynVyxWv1ADpShYgb7M0wzfT5hs3xqoQRt-RNnIai8_d3cqns5f8bPKRzY5IfbiSU1ZZ7bScFz7NRJlqBZ_pA.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:</span>
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I do not want to be a bell ringist.<span class="q"><br>
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> Taking the 'ist' ending to its logical musical conclusion, are we in
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> future to refer to Ringo Starr as the former drummist with the
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> Beatles?<br>
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> Yours,<br>
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> Mr Grumpy!<br>
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Well it would be logical - violinIST, flautIST, pianIST etc - but<br>
language isn't logical is it?<br>
SEM<br>
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