When I was a kid, I thought that "ness" was a whole separate thing - a type of ephemeral personal quality, or a type of state of being. "Ness" described the essential flavor or character of one's self or a particular item at that moment. You could have many different types of "ness." You could have happy ness, sad ness, sweet ness, new ness...occasionally you got useless ness.
There was also something called "itty" that seemed to have a lot of different permutations.
The language seemed simpler then.
There was also something called "itty" that seemed to have a lot of different permutations.
The language seemed simpler then.
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Let that monster go!
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