Date:         Thu, 11 Jul 1996 13:26:27 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Glen Buhlmann <gbuhlman@direct.ca>
Subject:      Re: Affectionate diminutive formation (F?)

Jeff Carver wrote:
> 
> Westie is spelled like the generic name for a West Highland Terrier.
> Westy looks like a person's name.
> I like Westi, just because.
> 

And I think that Westeee sounds like a Westy or Westie having fun.  The eeeeee 
sound sometimes gets produced by Liefs occupants when we pass the "Slide Area" 
signs on the Sea to Sky Highway.

  - -
  0 0
   ^     Westeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 \___/

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