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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? #34287 07/03/01 07:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 According to Dr. Bill's source (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/TMESIS.HTM) tmesis is interjecting a word or phrase between parts of a compound word... According to tsuwm's source (http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/1999/05/26.html) it's the act of splitting the word or words apart. So which is it? Don't make me use my OED Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted words within words NBCrecman 06/29/01 04:33 PM Re: words within words Anonymous 06/29/01 04:47 PM Re: words within words AnnaStrophic 06/29/01 04:48 PM Re: words within words maverick 06/29/01 04:48 PM Re: words within words AnnaStrophic 06/29/01 04:56 PM Re: words within words maverick 06/29/01 05:01 PM Re: words within words Fiberbabe 06/29/01 04:50 PM Re: words within words Anonymous 06/29/01 05:21 PM Re: words within words tsuwm 06/29/01 05:36 PM Re: words within words NBCrecman 06/29/01 06:33 PM Re: words within words of troy 06/29/01 06:46 PM Re: words within words Brandon 06/29/01 07:25 PM Re: words within words wow 06/30/01 02:40 PM Re: words within words Marianna 06/30/01 02:50 PM Re: words within words Sparteye 06/30/01 03:49 PM Re: words within words Sparteye 06/30/01 03:51 PM Re: words within words wow 06/30/01 04:18 PM Re: words within words tsuwm 06/30/01 06:07 PM Re: words within words Faldage 06/30/01 06:42 PM Re: words within words wwh 06/30/01 07:12 PM Re: words within words Faldage 06/30/01 07:25 PM Re: words within words wwh 06/30/01 07:31 PM Re: words within words Sparteye 06/30/01 07:45 PM Re: words within words wwh 06/30/01 08:10 PM Re: words within words WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/01 09:14 PM Re: words within words Faldage 07/03/01 06:58 PM Re: words within words WhitmanO'Neill 07/04/01 01:01 AM Re: words within words Marianna 07/01/01 08:46 AM Re: words within words & pesky "spells" wow 07/01/01 02:20 PM Re: words within words wwh 06/29/01 07:08 PM Re: words within words Rusty 07/01/01 12:09 AM Re: words within words of troy 06/29/01 05:29 PM Re: words within words of troy 06/29/01 05:31 PM Re: words within words Jackie 06/29/01 09:58 PM Re: words within words WhitmanO'Neill 06/29/01 10:25 PM Re: words within words Jackie 06/30/01 11:46 AM Re: words within words Bingley 07/02/01 02:59 AM Re: words within words wwh 07/02/01 12:00 PM Re: words within words tsuwm 07/02/01 02:09 PM Re: words within words Faldage 07/02/01 02:42 PM Re: words within words Bingley 07/03/01 04:29 AM Re: words within words wwh 07/03/01 06:48 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? Faldage 07/03/01 07:20 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? wwh 07/03/01 07:48 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? Faldage 07/04/01 02:02 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? jheem 02/05/04 02:43 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/04 05:30 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? dxb 02/06/04 07:17 AM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? jheem 02/06/04 03:11 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? wwh 02/06/04 03:32 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? jheem 02/06/04 03:39 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? dxb 02/06/04 04:15 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? jheem 02/06/04 04:34 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? dxb 02/06/04 05:14 PM Re: t flipping mesis: which is it? jheem 02/06/04 05:25 PM Re: words within words Faldage 07/02/01 02:13 PM Re: words within words tsuwm 07/02/01 02:19 PM Re: words within words wwh 07/02/01 02:30 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,342 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 1 members (A C Bowden), 429 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 1 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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