C/M
C & M
☛ The handout for my 2001 SemFest talk on “Counting Chad”, on the count/mass distinction in English, with special reference to chad, e-mail/email, and ice plant. On the grammatical categories C, M, SG, PL, E, and I.
http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/CountingChad.pdf
☛ AZ, 12/8/06: Plural, mass, collective:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003879.html
☛ AZ, 8/18/08: Countification:
☛ AZ, 10/27/08: Zero relationships:
M>C and C>M conversions
☛ 9/27/09: More sexual back-formations:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2009/09/27/more-sexual-back-formations/
massification
☛ 8/10/10: Entheta:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/08/10/entheta/
M and PL
☛ 12/13/10: Porn hypallage and sex-part conversion:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/12/13/porn-hypallage-and-sex-part-conversion/
☛ 1/28/11: C/M:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/01/28/cm/
the Universal Grinder; functional collectives
☛ 2/21/11: More on C/M:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/02/21/more-on-cm/
☛ 4/20/11: C > M conversion in the popular media:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/04/20/c-m-conversion-in-the-popular-media/
sex-part (or body-part) conversion
☛ 5/26/11: Loinfruit:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/05/26/loinfruit/
fruit as C and M
☛ 9/19/11: software development:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/09/19/software-development/
software; countification
☛ 6/3/12: On the masculinity beat:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/06/03/on-the-masculinity-beat/
the M noun product
☛ 4/13/13: Manliness and money:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/04/13/manliness-and-money/
synonyms for money, both C and M
☛ 5/16/13: Manwich and Beefaroni as portmanteaus:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/16/manwich-and-beefaroni-as-portmanteaus/
Manwich
☛ 7/20/13: Respecting each other:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/07/20/respecting-each-other/
less vs. fewer
☛ 7/26/13: ‘male anus viewed as a sexual organ’:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/07/26/male-anus-viewed-as-a-sexual-organ/
sex-part conversion: pussy
☛ 8/10/15: data:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/08/10/data/
PHD Comic on data
☛ 9/15/15: Substance massification on the golf course:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/09/15/substance-massification-on-the-golf-course/
metonymic C>M conversions, particularly substance massification in enough club
☛ 10/18/15: Mornings and mangelwurzels:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/10/18/mornings-and-mangelwurzels/
C beet and M beetroot
☛ 10/22/15: Bread play:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/10/22/bread-play/
M>C conversion of sourdough: family/clan name?
☛ 11/6/15: crap(s) game:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/11/06/craps-game/
names of games are M
☛ 3/13/17: Technical terms:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/03/13/technical-terms/
collectives
☛ 5/16/17: ice plants:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/16/ice-plants/
☛ 5/19/17: Special counsel appointed:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/19/special-counsel-appointed/
M macaroni, C elbow
☛ 5/20/17: Squid Pro Quo:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/20/squid-pro-quo/
calimari, M or C
☛ 10/12/17: Pizza Boy outtakes:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/12/pizza-boy-outtakes/
non-standard underwear as PL C (unmarked PL and PL-only)
☛ 10/20/17: A processed food flavor:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/20/a-processed-food-flavor/
C and M spice
☛ 1/12/18: STIR FRYS:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/01/12/stir-frys/
stir-fry as C or M
☛ 6/28/18: Just a hijink:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/06/28/just-a-hijink/
class of hijinks, antics etc.
☛ 11/25/18: What do you have?:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/11/25/what-do-you-have/
disease names as M or C
☛ 12/13/18: Give head for Christmas:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/12/13/give-head-for-christmas/
sex-part conversion
☛ 5/21/19: homeworks:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/05/21/homeworks/
homework as C as well as M
☛ 5/29/19: On the dog food watch:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/05/29/on-the-dog-food-watch/
kibble as C as well as M
☛ 6/9/1 9: Lemon is the vanilla of Italian ices:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/06/09/lemon-is-the-vanilla-of-italian-ices/
C uses of ice
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