K, so everyone knows or was at one time taught that the -er suffix when added to a verb means roughly "a person who does that verb." A baker is a person who bakes, a dancer is a person who dances, a singer is someone who sings, and a fucker is someone who fucks… Well, that last one's kinda close. Close enough, I guess.
The -er suffix can also be added to verbs to describe a thing as well, not just a person, to describe a thing that does something. A steam cooker is something that steam cooks, a beater is something that beats, a scooper is something that scoops, and a shitter is something that shits… Wait, no, that last one has some other lexicological thing going on there, so we'll forget I said it.
What I was wondering was if a person could use the -er suffix when referring to the person he or she is dating/married to. Like, I'd be an Ianer. Ian would be an Eriner. Of course, this would get rather confusing because would this mean that I do any Ian? Would Ian do any Erin? Hmm. Maybe this isn't a very good use of the -er suffix after all. Oh well.
Posted: September 6, 2004 at uh, nearly half past six in the evening.
Uh…:
I think you need to go back to bed. hehe
Hmmm:
I have met a few cute Erins…
I got to thinking about it:
And I realized that the -er suffix also is a comparative form, so perhaps the word "Ianer" would really mean that Ian is more of an Ian than other Ians or more of an Ian than anything else. Gee, I'm confusing. And boring. Hehe.