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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? #34312 07/03/2001 4:19 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta If one goes by etymology alone, then the terms could be more inclusive, as Brandon suggests, but then you would lose two perfectly good and much needed terms and not have anything to replace them with. I suppose you could call them heterophones and heterographs if you wanted but they would be open to over-inclusiveness as well. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? WhitmanO'Neill 06/29/2001 10:14 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Anonymous 06/29/2001 10:56 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? WhitmanO'Neill 06/29/2001 11:28 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Rusty 07/01/2001 2:11 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? tsuwm 06/30/2001 2:31 AM Re: New -Nyms? WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/2001 11:52 AM Re: New -Nyms? Jackie 06/30/2001 12:25 PM Re: Wide-nym wow 06/30/2001 2:34 PM Re: New --Nyms (cont'd) WhitmanO'Neill 06/30/2001 10:59 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Bingley 07/02/2001 3:40 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Brandon 07/02/2001 12:11 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Bingley 07/03/2001 4:19 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Alex Williams 07/03/2001 11:38 PM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? Anonymous 07/04/2001 12:40 AM Re: Does + Does: Is there a -nym for it? nancyk 07/05/2001 12:30 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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