So, Maestro and I were having an arguement on the IRC today, and I was thinking about the word boding. And it's prefixes.
I put forward postboding, as the oppostite to foreboding. Maestro said that aft was the opposite of fore, but I argue that in the context postboding sounds better than aftboding. (although I admit neither make much sense- I think something bad happened. )
We've decided to let you decide! Cast your votes, discuss which one you think sounds better, and why. And tally up the votes.
Here goes.
I vote post!
Aft and post
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The opposite of fore is aft. If you're going to invent a word that means the opposite of foreboding, you would sooner call it aftboding than postboding.
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It's not preboding.
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Yeah. Pre is the opposite of post. Fore is the opposite of aft.
Go back to school.
Go back to school.
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It's not about which one is correct, I tell you that aftboding is correct. It's about which one sounds better.
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The truth sounds good to me.
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