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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread metaplasm #84411 10/23/02 03:21 PM Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1 R ralphjr OP stranger OP ralphjr stranger R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1 Warshington? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84412 10/23/02 03:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Warshington? Maybe. Or either just the graphic representation of a variant vowel pronunciation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84413 10/24/02 12:47 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome aBoard, ralphjr. What is a metaplasm, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84414 10/24/02 01:18 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From my dictionary, starting with second definition: 2 5L metaplasmus, an irregularity < Gr metaplasmes, formation of cases of nouns from a missing nom. < meta, over (see META3) + plassein, to form (see PLASTIC)6 a change in a linguistic form made by the addition, omission, or transposition of a sound or sounds or a syllable or syllables But it is a subset of a group of allied rhetorical terms, the names of which I'll try to relocate. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84415 10/24/02 09:50 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 it is a subset of a group of allied rhetorical terms Actual, Dr. Bill, it's more like a superset. It comprises metathesis and a couple two three other thangs. And whaddaya, Jackie, don't get A.W.A.D.? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84416 10/24/02 12:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin > it's more like a superset Right - but is 'Warshington' indeed a case of intentional (and perhaps anti-governmental) metaplasm or just a spelling more representational of how certain Americans pronounce the name? I tried to look for a specific term for adding a letter to a word for comic or poetic effect, but our beloved 'Forest of Rhetoric' is down :-| Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: metaplasm #84417 10/24/02 12:57 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 our beloved 'Forest of Rhetoric' is down The Bushman cut it down Or either he coppiced it, one Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,363 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 529 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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