In the answer I posted about /z/, my brain somehow turned 2008 into 1998 and 2013 into 2003

I had to edit and fix both dates!

How did I manage that? Stupid brain :-)

It's a good thing I re-read things I wrote and try to find mistakes. 'Cause find mistakes, I do! :-)

What did sawa say?

I always imagined 匹 to be the basic counter for animals and 頭 to "override" it in certain cases, but I don't know if that's a good way of thinking about it

I was very interested to read 非回答者さん's answer

I've learned a lot in the two years I've been on Stack Exchange! But I still have a lot to learn :-)

@3to5businessdays I don't use that term myself if I can avoid it

@3to5businessdays Hehe, yikes

I just clicked your link :-)

Oh, another link to that ponderinnihongo blog showed up there…

I am not especially fond of the explanations there

@3to5businessdays In linguistics, a "particle" is a non-inflecting function word. Since both い and な are part of inflectional paradigms you wouldn't normally call them particles

Most people would agree that い is not a separate word, either

Many people would say, on the other hand, な is a separate word

But in traditional grammar, な is considered part of a 形容動詞

In Japanese grammar, function words are usually divided into 助詞 (non-inflecting, 非活用語) and 助動詞 (inflecting, 活用語)

If you do consider な a separate word, then you'd put it under 助動詞 instead (as a form of 助動詞「だ」)

If you consider both い and な to be the inflecting parts of adjectives, then they would be 語尾

In Japanese grammar, inflecting words are divided up into 語幹 (word root, the part that doesn't change) and 語尾 (word tail, the part that does change)

@AndrewGrimm Ahh, sawa's grudge against Japanese.SE prevents him from commenting on the site itself

That's pretty weird.

Unfortunately, I can't do anything to make the situation better.