Herb - Now Aluminum

[Carol]

bboyminn wrote:
<snip "liberry" comment>
> Another thing that chafes my shorts it the creation of fake words to
try and either make yourself sound more intelligent, or to obscure a
point. These words typically are normal words with '-ize', '-isation',
'-ate', or other equally pointless suffixes added.

Carol responds:
As in "commentate," one that JKR is guilty of using? I think it's a
back formation from "commentator," but whatever happened to "comment"
and how did "commenter" evolve into "commentator" in the first place?

I have a friend who thinks that "applicator" should be "applier"
because whatever substance is being applied is not being "applicated."
(Actually, I think the same thing, but he's the one who brought it up.)

Carol, who thinks fears that "liberry" will become as acceptable as
"Feb yu ary" in the next decade or two since most dictionaries list
the most common pronunciation first