Talk:height-fear

Really an SoP. Created to promote Anglo-Saxonism. Equinox ◑ 03:47, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
 * How is height-fear any more "Anglo-Saxon" than fear of heights ? Right, it's not. Leasnam (talk) 04:11, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah! I'll just go have a drink of "ade of lemon" because it's identical. Duh. You only need two French lessons to know that "Y of X" is a French-like form and "X-Y" is a Germanic one. Look at all the compounds like whale-road in Beowulf etc. People do not normally say "height-fear" and to push this kind of word as though it's normal is pushing a fake agenda. Equinox ◑ 04:44, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

I'm afraid, dear friend, that you are mistaken. "Y of X" is not from French, it's English, although French does have a similar construct, as does Dutch and Swedish, and German (e.g. Wald von Masten und Netzen), and many of other languages. "Y of X" developed internally in English and would have evolved in English even if the Normans had never arrived. It's just the truth. Leasnam (talk) 14:11, 16 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Well silly me. But there have been literally dozens of made-up Anglish words cited with scannos and typos that you created, so you will forgive some boy-who-cried-wolf scepticism. I'm sure you are right sometimes, if only by chance. Equinox ◑ 02:01, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * do you know what dozens out of thousands is ? About 1.2%. If you ask me, that's nothing to be alarmed at. I make mistakes, sure. Who here doesn't ? (except maybe you a handful of other super heroes.) How we handle mistakes, our own and others' says a great deal about us. Wouldn't you agree ? Maybe not. I'm sure you do not have anything personal against anyone, let alone me. Maybe a nice holiday is in order for you sometime in the near future ? You know, get away with your mates or whatever and enjoy yourself ! :) Leasnam (talk) 03:31, 19 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Well you can't argue with religion, so enjoy your faith. I will try to stick with logic, as boring as it might be. Equinox ◑ 15:21, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't find you to be that exceptionally boring tbh ! Keep faith alive ! Leasnam (talk) 15:28, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

RFD discussion: May 2019–April 2020
Despite being lemmatized with a hyphen, none of only one of the examples are hyphenated. Furthermore it's just a noun+noun quasicompound that you could find a million examples of, like "clown fear". DTLHS (talk) 15:51, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The 2013 cite: From this point of view we shall more readily understand many cases of height-dizziness and height-fear. is hyphenated. I've added a few more. I wasn't able to find any hits on Google Books for, which might approximate a similar construction. however is a thing. Leasnam (talk) 16:13, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I suspect the standard form is fear of heights, but no entry alas. DonnanZ (talk) 17:47, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe because that can be +, but  seems to be a psychology term. Leasnam (talk) 01:07, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Is this resolved? Tharthan (talk) 18:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. The term is attested with the hyphen. Leasnam (talk) 17:46, 26 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Attestation is not a RFD concern; it is a RFV concern. A plausible deletion rationale is that both height-fear and height fear are sum of parts. What makes this not a sum of parts? Or what other inclusion rationale can be invoked to override the sum-of-parts deletion rationale (attestation is not enough)? OneLook finds no lemmings: . --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:32, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I am leaning toward keep. It is slightly idiomatic in that one with that fear doesn't start to panic when looking at a mountain summit (a height). Rather it is a fear of being at a high location, and for me in particular it is a fear of being in a high position (like on a ladder or any other high place where I could get sucked over the side and fall to my death). I would also be tempted to slap a "psychology" label on it. -Mike (talk) 19:23, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Kept - TheDaveRoss  17:42, 22 April 2020 (UTC)