Talk:-ham

RFV discussion: March 2022
I suspect this was never productive in Modern English! Not sure it was a suffix before that, either. Equinox ◑ 01:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Was -le productive in Modern English? DCDuring (talk) 03:05, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * The only modern coining I can think of is (the London borough), but even there, there is a much older example (in Northumberland). Generally, the use of -ham comes from 🇨🇬, so we probably can do without this as a suffix. But I do use, especially for American place name coinings. DonnanZ (talk) 10:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There are several places called Birmingham in various countries, not just the two famous ones, and the same goes for Nottingham, Buckingham, Newham and Oldham and how else would -ham be described other than a suffix? I must admit to being highly puzzled as to why this was even put to RFV. If you want a completely original modern coinage of a place name ending -ham I’ve found the following (and no doubt there are others) . Overlordnat1 (talk) 11:24, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I came across "Wintersham, in the isle of Oxney", but that turned out to be Wittersham. Oh well, never mind. I already had a problem this morning where was misspelt as "Ankley". DonnanZ (talk) 12:31, 8 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I didn't think productivity was a requirement for inclusion. If it does not, clearly widespread use applies. DCDuring (talk) 17:16, 8 March 2022 (UTC)


 * RFV-passed per norm. We keep both productive and nonproductive affixes. ·~   dictátor · mundꟾ  11:30, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Huh? Let's see if anyone uses it. DonnanZ (talk) 09:12, 10 March 2022 (UTC)