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Page 8 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Topic Options #29659 - 10/13/01 12:03 PM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago If my memory serves me, the same issue was brought up by Bingley in referrence to a different word. Ever since, upon seeing a word spelled with a "Y", I've repronounced it to make the "Y" a seperate, stressesd syllable... fun, but not productive. The ile part of sterile is pronounced the same as in isle/aisle. Yep and nope... It depends upon meaning. In order to differentiate between *sterile meaning "clean" and *sterile meaning "unproductive", the later is given the "aisle" pronunciation (not like they would ever be confused)! Top #29660 - 10/13/01 12:51 PM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names Keiva Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/04/01 Posts: 2605 Perhaps it would be well to LIU in the dictionary and post the results here. I'd be pleased to do so if some experienced soul would kindly inform me how to reproduce, on this board, the dictionary's diacritical marks. Top #29661 - 10/13/01 01:36 PM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names musick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 2658 Loc: Chicago The stinkin' dictionary says the long I sound is Brit, and since I'm clearly no Brit, the stinkin' dictionary is *useless in this case...in most cases artfully® Top #29662 - 10/13/01 08:00 PM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names Keiva Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/04/01 Posts: 2605 'zik, I was unable to find the Stinkin Dictionary, and therefore relied upon the American Heritage® Dictionary, which Faldage so often cites (at bartleby.com) (note: I'm unable to reproduce the schwa symbol here, for which I have substituted ÷.) barrel: pronounced (băr’ ÷l) beryl: pronounced (bĕr’÷l) sterile: pronounced (stĕr’ ÷l) or (stĕr’ īl) stair: pronounced (stâr) Top #29663 - 10/13/01 08:37 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Top #29664 - 10/13/01 09:59 PM Re: Pleonostrums plutarch veteran Registered: 10/10/01 Posts: 1385 Max, I think you are threading us along here. Pleonasm simply means "superfluous" or "redundant". Dawnmarie, indeed! Now I understand how one rises in the ranks around here. Tee Hee. P.S. I'm new. How come I can't post icons and blue paste-ups like you veterans (and Pooh-Bahs)? Are these insignia of rank, or what? Top #29665 - 10/13/01 10:28 PM Re: Pleonostrums Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky How come I can't post icons and blue paste-ups like you veterans (and Pooh-Bahs)? Plutarch: See your private messages!!! Doubledub: I shall jadly goin you at the barrel (hic); and I agree wholeheartedly with your line: I never ever write with a pin or fasten things with a pen. [shudder e] Top #29666 - 10/13/01 10:36 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Top #29667 - 10/13/01 10:55 PM pleonasisms plutarch veteran Registered: 10/10/01 Posts: 1385 "But it sure would have made a nice 6/8 metrical example." Inspires me to poetic versification, Wordwind. Top #29668 - 10/13/01 11:01 PM Pleonarcissism plutarch veteran Registered: 10/10/01 Posts: 1385 Come to think of it, "Dawnmarie" isn't an example of a "pleonasm", Max. Its an example of "pleonarcissism". (Like falling in love with your reflection in the water.) Top Page 8 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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