hon

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Another example Lakoff cites is the Japanese classifier hon, which is normally used to mark nouns in the category of "long skinny things" - pencils, candles, hair, rope, and so on.

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  • Welcome to PC city, hon, and I'm not talking about the computer industry So the band broke up? —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
  • He spoke in his best courtroom manner But this situation is different, your hon--pardon, I mean Doc. —  058 - The Golden Peril
  • But the time has come when you must know that she has the hon--on--onor--the honor--the honor to be Go on, go on!" —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • And I just simply couldn't stand it She threw herself into his arms, and he comforted her in the ages-old fashion of man with maid Steady, hon," he said, as soon as he could lift her tear-streaked face from his shoulder. —  Masters of Space
  • Upon his resignation in 1877 Raymond Cazallis Davis, '55-'57, A.M. (hon.) '81, succeeded him, contributing greatly during the twenty-eight years of his administration towards the establishment of the Library on its present effective basis. —  The University of Michigan
 

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