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The cover of a zine. Over a picture of a tiny sausage dog, it says Small Dog, Long Word, by leah velleman and a tiny dog Off to one side is a photo of a person holding the printed out zine. The zine is very, very smallALT
To make the dog little, some languages add a suffix A big dog stands next to the words dog and kökpek A tiny dog stands next to the words doggie and köpecik, with the suffixes circled A small note says English and TurkishALT
Others add a prefix in front The big dog stands next to the words mbwa and 狗 The tiny dog stands next to the words kijibwa and ⼩狗, with the prefixes circled A small note says Swahili and MandarinALT
Or an infix that goes inside! The big dog stands next to the word sqǝ́xaʔ  The tiny dog stands next to the word sqǝ́qxaʔ, with the q in the middle of the word circled A small note says (St'át'imcets, a language spoken by the Lillooet people of British Columbia)ALT
Get the sequel about making words BIGGER linthusiasm.com/zines lingthusiam, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguisticsALT

Small dog, long word! A Lingthusiasm tinyzine

Why does “ie” turn “dog” into itty bitty “doggie”? In this Lingthusiasm zine, Leah Velleman gets enthusiastic about diminutives. Yes, this one is extra tiny, it’s a diminutive zine about diminutives! A zinelet? Or zineling?

Print and fold your own copies

How to cut and fold a minizine (for this extra special tinyzine, cut the paper into quarters first along the dotted lines, then fold and cut four tinyzines like a usual minizine)

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