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Oct 27, 2008 15:41:26 GMT
Post by SusanB on Oct 27, 2008 15:41:26 GMT
Tonee - onlee if the printee is a person, perhaps a tattooee.
Added: Oops. Wandered onto page 3 where we're supposed to stay relevant. I am preparing myself for deletion.
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Oct 27, 2008 20:59:23 GMT
Post by Tone on Oct 27, 2008 20:59:23 GMT
>Tonee<A Tonee? Ah, that'll be someone that has been Toned -- i.e. suffered from one of my "jokes" (or, indeed, my humorous criticisms!). Tone
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Oct 28, 2008 7:15:59 GMT
Post by Verbivore on Oct 28, 2008 7:15:59 GMT
Discovered today in my editing work: touree.
Hmmm ...
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Nov 1, 2008 15:49:24 GMT
Post by Pete on Nov 1, 2008 15:49:24 GMT
>Tonee<A Tonee? Ah, that'll be someone that has been Toned -- i.e. suffered from one of my "jokes" (or, indeed, my humorous criticisms!). Tone Does that make you a Tonor, Tone?
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Nov 20, 2008 19:30:08 GMT
Post by Paul Doherty on Nov 20, 2008 19:30:08 GMT
Lucky I've been distracted. Deletion looms ...
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Aug 10, 2009 18:37:48 GMT
Post by Pete on Aug 10, 2009 18:37:48 GMT
I see that the Wikipedia puts it neatly: The student of a mentor is called a protégé or mentoree. More accurately, for the recondite, the protégé would be called the telemachus (pl. telemachuses or telemaches). Sometimes, the protégé is also called a mentee. The -or ending of the original name Mentor does not have the meaning of "the one who does something", as in other English words such as contractor or actor. The derivation of mentee from mentor is therefore an example of backformation (cf. employer and employee). I have finally seen the word used, in Iain M Banks's new book, Matter, where he uses 'mentoree'.
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Aug 11, 2009 5:23:12 GMT
Post by Dave on Aug 11, 2009 5:23:12 GMT
I see that the Wikipedia puts it neatly: The student of a mentor is called a protégé or mentoree. More accurately, for the recondite, the protégé would be called the telemachus (pl. telemachuses or telemaches). Sometimes, the protégé is also called a mentee. The -or ending of the original name Mentor does not have the meaning of "the one who does something", as in other English words such as contractor or actor. The derivation of mentee from mentor is therefore an example of backformation (cf. employer and employee). I have finally seen the word used, in Iain M Banks's new book, Matter, where he uses 'mentoree'. And his even newer book, Mattee. ;D
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