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Word suggestion - recosting
« on: December 01, 2011, 02:23:14 AM »
Tuesday 29th standard puzzle had no less than 3 accepted 9 letter words (Escorting (common) plus Corseting and Sectoring (both rare)) - but I was surprised that recosting was not an allowed word - a quick search suggests it is sometimes hyphenated, but not always.

I did find a fifth 9 letter which I feel ought to be on offer at our local, green, hardware stores: ecostring, but perhaps I am ahead of myself there?  ;)
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Re: Word suggestion - recosting
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 02:28:58 AM »
I agree regarding recosting. (I tried it.)

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Re: Word suggestion - recosting
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 08:13:08 AM »
I have to agree with the above: I think 'recosting' should have been included; I also tried my hand at 'costering' based on 'costermonger', a greengrocer, but perhaps that was a step too far.
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Re: Word suggestion - recosting
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 03:55:28 PM »
When a re- word is not specifically listed in dictionaries, it's still a valid word, if it has a comprehensible meaning. Recosting obviously does, so the only remaining question is whether the word is too rare.

I was slightly surprised that there are not more examples to be found of recost / recosted / recosting, but there are some examples, mainly in writings on project management and the like. For example, an article about wind farms in the British Observer quoted an analyst as saying "Many are now recosting their plans..."

Based on the evidence I've found, it's a borderline case, but the meaning is so obvious that I think it ought to be allowed. (And it's probably no rarer than sectoring.) For the sake of consistency I'll insert all the inflected forms, recost, recosted and recosting.

There's no charge for that, cb. No - wait - on second thoughts...
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Re: Word suggestion - recosting
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 04:18:28 AM »

There's no charge for that, cb. No - wait - on second thoughts...

Thanks Alan - I'll await your bill!
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