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I feel the same way. Another thing I've noticed along the same lines is companies and technologies named after words in "toddler speak" by adding -y or -ly to t
by dooglius 8y ago
I feel the same way. Another thing I've noticed along the same lines is companies and technologies named after words in "toddler speak" by adding -y or -ly to the end of a word (e.g. dog -> doggy). I initially chalked this up to the .ly TLD but that doesn't seem to be widely used nowadays. Maybe it started out that way and took on a life of its own?
- thaumasiotes 8y ago> named after words in "toddler speak" by adding -y or -ly to the end of a word (e.g. dog -> doggy) Can you provide some examples of "toddler speak" involving the -ly suffix? I don't mean company or technology names -- words like "doggy", but using a -ly suffix.
- shard 8y agoHow about googly eyes?
- thaumasiotes 8y agoThe two theories I see for the etymology of "googly eyes" are (1) that the term descends from goggle + -y ( https://www.etymonline.com/word/googly https://www.etymonline.com/word/googly ); or (2) that the term is related to a comic strip character named Barney Google ( https://blog.retroplanet.com/googly-eyes/ https://blog.retroplanet.com/googly-eyes/ ). Neither theory involves a -ly suffix. They don't really involve the diminutive -y suffix either; that looks more like the adjective-forming -y suffix.