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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: paraprosdokian BranShea #205939 06/02/2012 2:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I LOVE these! The statements, that is; I'm not convinced that paraprosdokian is a legitimate word. I ran it through Onelook, and I'm not satisfied. But on the one acronym site I saw a statement that made me curious: You know, there are only a few thousand natural languages in use by humans today, yet among these, there are a few in which the child's word for father is mama. Does anybody know whether this is true? mama Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted paraprosdokian BranShea 05/30/2012 6:27 PM Re: paraprosdokian Jackie 06/02/2012 2:31 AM Re: paraprosdokian tsuwm 06/02/2012 2:50 AM Re: paraprosdokian BranShea 06/02/2012 10:48 AM Re: paraprosdokian tsuwm 06/02/2012 5:57 PM Re: paraprosdokian BranShea 06/02/2012 9:13 PM Re: paraprosdokian Faldage 06/02/2012 11:10 AM Re: paraprosdokian Jackie 06/03/2012 1:32 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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