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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hyperbaton #124509 03/04/2004 5:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Sat Sep 23 00:02:09 EDT 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--hyperbaton hyperbaton (hye-PUR-buh-ton), noun, plural hyperbatons, hyperbata The use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in "Bird thou never wert.' [Greek huperbaton, from neuter of huperbatos, transposed, from huperbainein, to step over : huper-, over, across + bainein, to step.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton #124510 03/26/2004 8:49 PM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA Coffeebean old hand Coffeebean old hand Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 725 Oregon, USA This is one of my favorite sayings. Would it be an example of hyperbaton? Thirty days hath September, April, June and Montana; All the rest have cold weather, Except in the summer which isn't often. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton vs anastrophe #124511 03/26/2004 8:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Different are they? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton vs anastrophe #124512 03/26/2004 8:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Per Silva Rhetoricae: Anastrophe is most often a synonym for hyperbaton, but is occasionally referred to as a more specific instance of hyperbaton: the changing of the position of only a single word. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton vs anastrophe #124513 03/26/2004 9:01 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont so anastrophe is hyperhyperbaton? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton vs anastrophe #124514 03/26/2004 9:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Or either hypohyperbaton, one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hyperbaton vs anastrophe #124515 04/20/2004 3:02 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 so anastrophe is hyperhyperbaton? So AnnaStrophic, in promoting 'anastrophe' is a hyperhyperbatonhyper? :) 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 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 Website 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

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