Disputatio:Sir mix-a-lot
E Vicipaedia
[recensere] Rapator
I think that would be "one who grates turnips". Andrew Dalby 23:22, 19 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
- I've been worried about this forever... Rapista?--Ioshus (disp) 02:02, 20 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
- The stem of the English is rapp- —the extra p deleted in the simplex as superfluous in indicating the pronunciation, as is frequent in English—so one would expect the same in any Latin formations: *rappator, *rappista. Or so one would hope, at any rate. —Mucius Tever 00:10, 21 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, now that you mention it, rapista reminds me of that celebrity jeopardy with Sean Connery, "I'll take the rapist for 400 Alex." "That's therapist, you idiot." Does rappista offend anyone? It follows a regular pattern of formation. Best we can do, might be.--Ioshus (disp) 00:24, 21 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
- The stem of the English is rapp- —the extra p deleted in the simplex as superfluous in indicating the pronunciation, as is frequent in English—so one would expect the same in any Latin formations: *rappator, *rappista. Or so one would hope, at any rate. —Mucius Tever 00:10, 21 Februarii 2007 (UTC)
