
A great former student of mine, Kurt Zimmerman, once said something amazing. He said, “There’s a big difference in the way people practice. Some people practice and some people practish.”
Just think about the staggering simplicity of this phrase: Practice vs. Practish.
“Ish” is part of our culture now, even part of our language. If you look up “ish” on dictionary.com, this is what you’ll see:
-ish
1. A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to” (British, Danish, English, Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish, girlish, mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish, freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish, sevenish).
2. A suffix used to form adjectives from other adjectives, with the sense ...
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