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From: Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com>
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In article <slrne41i8g.nb.chris@ccserver.keris.net>,
Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net> wrote:
> > I always thought "-phile" meant "enjoys and/or has an interest in",
> > except in the silly case of pedophile (the American spelling of the word
> > that means "unnatural sexual love for children." See also pediatrician,
> > a children's doctor.)
> You mean paediatrician? <g>
[...]
> Looking at www.dictionary.com:
FYI, check out:
<http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedophile>
That's how I verified my spelling ;) And, while "ae" is offered in the
pronunciation guide, "paedophile" was offered as the Brittish
bastardization of the perfectly-valid "pedophile" <G>
> Similarly, Anglophiles (sensible people <g>) have a
> love of things English, bibliophiles a love of books, etc.
Boiled meats, cabbage... :6
(Then again, all of my American friends think I'm affected because I
enjoy using the "our" ending for colour, behaviour, etc., and the "re"
ending for words like centre and theatre. So maybe I'm a
saemianglophile. Or is that a Canukophile?)
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