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Thread #125221   Message #2774053
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
26-Nov-09 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Subject: RE: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Arhotic hasn't made it into the dictionaries yet then. It's the opposite of rhotic which means the letter "R" is pronounced as written, especially before consonants and at the ends of words. Admittedly Oxford only dates rhotic to the 60's.