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::::::: So far none of the findings about this comma really impresses me, so I'm fine with whatever name it gets. But I don't like you concatenating Latin words with -''ma'' like that. I told you I don't like ''nexuma''. That's because the ''u'' isn't part of the root. Simply ''nexus'' and ''liganellus'' are way better. [[User:FloraC|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC|talk]]) 11:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small" (which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]), and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small"- which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]- and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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	::::::: So far none of the findings about this comma really impresses me, so I'm fine with whatever name it gets. But I don't like you concatenating Latin words with -''ma'' like that. I told you I don't like ''nexuma''. That's because the ''u'' isn't part of the root. Simply ''nexus'' and ''liganellus'' are way better. [[User:FloraC\|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC\|talk]]) 11:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)		::::::: So far none of the findings about this comma really impresses me, so I'm fine with whatever name it gets. But I don't like you concatenating Latin words with -''ma'' like that. I told you I don't like ''nexuma''. That's because the ''u'' isn't part of the root. Simply ''nexus'' and ''liganellus'' are way better. [[User:FloraC\|FloraC]] ([[User talk:FloraC\|talk]]) 11:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

	:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small" (which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]), and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura\|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura\|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)		:::::::: Actually, "nexum" is the accusative form of "nexus", and "anellum" is the accusative form of "anellus". Also, the reason I attach the "-ma" to the "u" to make an "-uma" type suffix is precisely because there are some cases where I need a vowel in order to attach the "-ma" suffix, and let's face it, "nexusima", which was the other option I was considering, is actually worse than "nexuma". Plus, in the English word "nexus", as in a number of other English nouns derived from Latin, the "u" is already embedded in the word, and it's not a productive suffix outside of taxonomy. Did I mention that I'm a native English speaker and that "sm" clusters are sometimes prone to becoming pronounced like "spm"? This is even true for words like "small"- which I'm liable to pronounce as [ˈspmɑɫ]- and I don't want to end up pronouncing "nexma" as [ˈnæ̠kspmə]. --[[User:Aura\|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura\|talk]]) 14:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)