Definitions
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- suffix Variation of
-y formingdiminutive oraffectionate forms of nouns or names. - suffix Variation of
-y formingarchaic nouns and adjectives like litanie (litany ) or prettie (pretty )
Etymologies
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Examples
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•Australians may shorten words and add “-ie” pronounced “ee” to the ends of them.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Australians may shorten words and add “-ie” pronounced “ee” to the ends of them.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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•Australians may shorten words and add “-ie” pronounced “ee” to the ends of them.
ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007
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Putting an -ie on the end of words supposedly makes it easier for babies to distinguish them.
Be Prepared Gary Greenberg 2004
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Putting an -ie on the end of words supposedly makes it easier for babies to distinguish them.
Be Prepared Gary Greenberg 2004
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The UN however did not authorize or agree to the UK attempting to take over Libya or kill their leader - neither did the UN agree to foreign forces in Libya - Gaddafi was right all along - this war is all about foreigners in Libya destablizing the country -ie, the UK and their useless SAS.
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The rest of them are a somehow less creative form of hockey nicknames, which are generally just variants of the person's last name ending in -s, -ie -y or -er.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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Most loans and payments are "tied"-ie, the recipient must spend the money with Chinese companies.
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