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Re: Synecdoche? #40286 08/31/2001 12:09 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel
maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757	yeahbut. long�horn (l�ng'h�rn', lŏng'-) n. 1. Any of a breed of cattle with long horns, formerly bred in great numbers in the southwest United States. 2. A variety of Cheddar cheese molded into a long cylinder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. So I don't reckon it does describe a breed as such, just a general description of type. After all, we used to have dairy shorthorn, beef shorthorn... But I love the way that the second definition gives a further example of the migration of meaning via synecdoche (cow to cheese).

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Synecdoche?	Vernon Compton	08/31/2001 7:36 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	maverick	08/31/2001 10:13 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	belligerentyouth	08/31/2001 10:39 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	maverick	08/31/2001 10:49 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	belligerentyouth	08/31/2001 11:08 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	Vernon Compton	08/31/2001 11:26 AM
Re: Synecdoche?	maverick	08/31/2001 12:09 PM
Re: Synecdoche?	wwh	08/31/2001 12:53 PM
Re: better a cynic duck...	maverick	08/31/2001 2:40 PM
Re: a cynic duck?	Faldage	08/31/2001 2:46 PM
Re: a cynic duck?	Keiva	08/31/2001 2:55 PM
Re: Synecdoche?	Vernon Compton	08/31/2001 9:22 PM
Re: Synecdoche?	Jazzoctopus	08/31/2001 9:50 PM
Re: Synecdoche?	wwh	08/31/2001 10:49 PM
Almost...	of troy	09/01/2001 8:12 PM
Re: Almost...	Keiva	09/01/2001 9:16 PM
	Max Quordlepleen	09/01/2001 9:19 PM
JELLY	of troy	09/01/2001 9:52 PM
Re: JELLY	Bingley	09/03/2001 4:37 AM
Re: JELLY	NicholasW	09/03/2001 8:58 AM
Re: JELLY	jimthedog	09/03/2001 10:46 AM
Re: JELLY-Jell-O	wow	09/03/2001 11:45 AM
Re: JELLY	Jazzoctopus	09/03/2001 2:42 PM
Re: JELLY	Goatboy	09/10/2001 7:49 PM
Re: JELLY	wwh	09/10/2001 9:51 PM
Marmite	rodward	09/11/2001 8:42 AM
Re: Marmite	Jackie	09/11/2001 11:39 AM
weird sounding food	of troy	09/03/2001 4:08 PM
Re: weird sounding food	wwh	09/03/2001 4:43 PM
word as personal Synecdoche	of troy	09/03/2001 5:13 PM
Re: Jelly is not preserves	Faldage	09/04/2001 2:57 PM
Re: Jelly is not preserves	wow	09/04/2001 4:27 PM
Re: Jelly is not preserves	Faldage	09/04/2001 4:30 PM
Re: "Jam'n " on	wow	09/04/2001 4:33 PM
Re:It must be Jelly	wwh	09/04/2001 4:42 PM
Re: Jelly is not preserves	belMarduk	09/04/2001 10:40 PM
What would be the Brit term for USns jelly?	jmh	09/05/2001 7:38 AM
words about food, not recipes	of troy	09/05/2001 2:25 PM
Re: Jelly is not preserves	Bobyoungbalt	09/07/2001 2:55 AM
Harmonized Commodities	Jackie	09/07/2001 9:56 AM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	of troy	09/07/2001 12:51 PM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	wwh	09/07/2001 2:29 PM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	Jackie	09/08/2001 2:07 PM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	Bobyoungbalt	09/08/2001 1:37 AM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	of troy	09/08/2001 4:27 PM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	AnnaStrophic	09/10/2001 1:33 PM
Re: Harmonized Commodities	wwh	09/10/2001 5:33 PM
Re: JELLY	Goatboy	09/10/2001 7:30 PM
Re: JELLY	Faldage	09/10/2001 8:05 PM
Re: Jello	jmh	09/05/2001 7:27 AM

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