Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Username

Floccinaucinihilipilification

Member Since

May 6, 2016

Total number of comments

1

Total number of votes received

3

Bio

Fervent user of the English language

Latest Comments

History of “-ish”

  • May 12, 2016, 9:35am

I also heard it with reference to color, but that sounds okay to me. Like, the color is "greenish", do describe something between blue and green or between brown and green to say that it has a hint of green or that it's kind of green but not completely, you know what I mean?
But 'coolish' and 'aroundish' sound awkward to me. I think it is better not to overuse it, it sounds annoying to me like this...