Category talk:English rebracketings
Hold on, hold on. ammunition is derived from la munition, making it a French definite article. Currently, it doesn't fit in this category. --Wytukaze 18:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
- Another cat Category:English nouns which have interacted with their definite article in order? --Expurgator t(c) 21:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
- It would also be nice if the etymology of the words could be added or updated to reflect this phenomenon when adding to this list. 20.133.0.14 08:38, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
"A norange'?[edit]
This category page says that "a norange" evolved into "an orange". According to the etymology at w:orange (word) (and now the entry orange, into which I've copied that etymology), the initial "n" dropped before the word appeared in English. Is that right? Rodasmith 21:44, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
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A more general term that involves more than just articles. This also makes the category suited to use in other languages. See also w:Rebracketing. —CodeCat 22:19, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
- Neither name works well for normal users, but I can't think of one that would. It probably should be a hidden category. The text on the category page would have to be extensively revised. Why not just start the new category, making the current category a subcategory? It isn't well-maintained either, eg, tother doesn't belong in the current category (though it would in the new one. DCDuring TALK 23:41, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
- I think it's interesting for ordinary users; if they read that "nickname" is from reinterpreting "an ekename", they may wonder if that's happened to other words, so let's not hide the category. Support move to make the category more suitable to the other rebracketins in it, and to make the naming suitable for other languages, per nom. - -sche (discuss) 00:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- I agree the content would be interesting to many. But the name is forbidding to most. DCDuring TALK 01:33, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- If the name confuses people, the category description may help. —CodeCat 01:42, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- I agree the content would be interesting to many. But the name is forbidding to most. DCDuring TALK 01:33, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- I think it's interesting for ordinary users; if they read that "nickname" is from reinterpreting "an ekename", they may wonder if that's happened to other words, so let's not hide the category. Support move to make the category more suitable to the other rebracketins in it, and to make the naming suitable for other languages, per nom. - -sche (discuss) 00:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- Support. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 03:45, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
- Support. Linguistic terminology is often opaque anyway (e.g. "dvandva compounds", "inchoative verbs", "pluralia tantum") and doesn't seem to be especially much of a problem here either. Links with comments (or even just "A rebracketing from…") could be given in etymology sections. --Tropylium (talk) 18:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
