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Subject: Obsessing... hobbiest vs hobbyist Sorta OTZN

From: Steve Greenfield <alienrelics@...>
Date: 2008-10-24

I should start off by pointing out that I obsess sometimes. This one has been bugging me for years.

Hobbiest would mean that you are the most hobby, as in earliest means that you are the one who is most early.

() A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

The proper spelling is "hobbyist" as in "ist" meaning one who does or one who is skilled in or occupied with.


1. a person who does, makes, or practices (the thing specified): words so formed correspond to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism moralist, satirist
2. a person skilled in or occupied with;So saying you are a hobbyist is accurate; saying you are hobbiest is just arrogant. ;')


OK, got that bit of nonsense off my chest.

Steve Greenfield