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   lawless polymorph (typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 04:48:14 JST lawless polymorph

   👋 gate
   👉 door (big)

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     julesh (julesh@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 04:48:10 JST julesh

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     @typeswitch The only word I know of in English that actually declines like this is "choon", which gets longer depending on how much of a choon it is

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     lawless polymorph (typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 04:48:11 JST lawless polymorph

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     does english have augmentatives and diminutives?

     i guess increasing the length of the tonic syllable ...
     door vs. doooor vs. dooooooooor

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     lawless polymorph (typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 04:48:13 JST lawless polymorph

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     this is portuguese btw.
     porta = door.
     portão = gate.

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     julesh (julesh@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 04:50:52 JST julesh

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     @typeswitch Before moving to Scotland I spelled the diminutive version as "tune", but nowadays I'd instead say "choon" with a Scots accent, to rhyme with "Troon", where the "oo" vowel is shortened compared to my native accent