Talk:miserabilist

Apparent Error

I believe there is an error in the etymology part of the page. "Variant of miserable +‎ -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty pronuncing a four-consonant cluster (-blst)." The latter part would be, in fact: Miserable + -ist. Thus making the word "miserablist" which has no four-consonant cluster. The 'i' was likely added to create more fluidity and substitute the final 'e'. I've changed this and corrected the spelling of 'pronuncing' to pronouncing. If this change is controversial, it should be discussed here first, so that issues can be resolved.--Ásmóðr Vánagandsson (talk) 21:08, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Seems a better conjecture. I doubt we can find an authority for this word, though perhaps for a similar one. DCDuring TALK 21:27, 30 June 2014 (UTC)