3.) Maw- old English "maga" gest-from old French "geste" (exploit) "jest" is a spelling variant
odious- from Latin "odium" (hatred) devious- from Latin "devius" (out of the way) de-(out of) + via (way)
expediency-from Latin "expedire" (to make ready, to set the feet free)
sideburns- After Ambrose Everette Burnsides for his facial hair during the Civil War. The term "Burnsides" morphed into "sideburns".
smithereens-From Irish smidirin
(wordsmith.org)
fate- from fata (neutral plural of factum)
tooth- from old English "toi"
mingle- Middle English "mengel" and old English "mengan"
ghetto- From Italian "gheto" a Venetian Dialect
(allwords.com)
4.) Phonetic Demand Semantic Demand Etymological Demand
tin damn/damnation Wednesday
fat crumb/crumble unique
rot sign/signal machine
set design/designate chloride
gut run/running debt
(Freeman pgs. 108 and 109)
8.) List of words that end in dge, ge, ch, and tch.
ch tch ge dge
which hutch sage judge
sandwich crutch cage fudge
such stitch wage smudge
much hitch rage grudge
touch batch mage badge
slouch match gage budge
couch crotch singe nudge
crouch hatch binge dodge
brooch witch image wedge
search bitch damage sledge
birch scotch
beach switch
When looking for patterns within this list of words, I noticed that the tch words have a slight stop when pronouncing the word. It is subtle, but I do notice it in comparison to the ch words. I think it is due to the movement of the mouth and tongue between sounds of certain vowels and coming to the stop of the "ch" sound. When I listen carefully the the ch words, I don't hear that specific stop that I hear in the tch words. As for the ge and dge words, it seems to me that most ge words have a long vowel sound or a nasal consonant before it. The dge words seem to have short vowels or a schwa sound before the dge.
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