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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: diminutives #76155 07/25/2002 3:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In searching (in vain) for "double diminutive" I found a new word that seems worth knowing : "hypocorism" = pet name y[po[co[ris[tic 7hj#pb k! ris4tik, hip#b38 adj. 5< Gr hypokoristikos < hypokorizesthai, to call by endearing names < hypo3 (see HYPO3) + korizesthai, to pet < korc, girl < IE base *aer3, to grow > CEREAL6 of or being a pet name or a diminutive or term of endearment hy[poc[o[rism 7hj p9k4! riz#!m8 n. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocorism #76156 07/25/2002 5:48 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Accent on second syllable? And then again on the fourth, only slighter? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: hypocorism #76157 07/25/2002 6:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 AWAD software can't read my dictionary's symbols, and I go nuts trying to edit it. sorry. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter double-entendres/VIZ #76158 07/26/2002 12:03 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England I nearly fell over laughing when I saw my wife's first obstetrian's name. "Mabel C. Hiscock". - which is yet another double-entendre, eh? If someone were unhappy with their obstetrician following an appointment perhaps you'd say: "You should have seen Hiscock." and/or "Hiscock sorted out my wife." [fnarr] If Mabel had recently put on a lot of weight and you met her at a party you could say: "You should have seen the size of Hiscock last night!" [fnarr fnarr] etc.. Just found an amusing and informative link on double-entendres: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A206489 But wish I could find a live link to Viz comic(-book) and its strip Finbarr Saunders and his Double-Entendres. Full of quality material in a similar vein Edit: Hey, I just found Viz! http://www.viz.co.uk Sadly no Finbarr Saunders to be found, but check out Roger's Profanisaurus: http://www.viz.co.uk/profanisaurus/profanis.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: double-entendres/VIZ #76159 07/26/2002 1:01 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Rubrick addict Rubrick addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Ha, ha. And while you're at it check out a great map of the British Isles: http://www.viz.co.uk/archive/shittish/largemap.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doppelganger #76160 07/26/2002 1:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Doppelganger. Interestingly, my dictionary give is tithe the umlaut on the "a". I have some distaste for its omssion. Here a quate from the net: Since the doppelganger motif was introduced into Romantic literature by Jean Paul Richter in Siebenkas (1796), writers have mainly focused on the duality within male characters when employing literary doubles. Goethe, Chamisso, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Dostoevsky, Poe and Borges are among the most well-known authors whose works have made effective use of the double but predominantly from the point of view of the male protagonist and his psychological make-up. From the X-bonus: The DelaRochefoucauld Maxime I like best: The refusal of praise is merely the desire 'to be praised twice. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: doppelganger #76161 07/26/2002 1:29 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... So, Dr. Bill...are you saying that doppelganger is the doppelgänger of dopplegänger? Or vice versa? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chinese Wall #76162 07/26/2002 6:46 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 5 Arlington VA Eyes I Knew stranger Eyes I Knew stranger Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 5 Arlington VA This word was very amusing. In recent years, the only usage I've seen for "Chinese Wall" is to describe the prohibition on exchanging information between the departments of a financial institution. Until now, I had always assumed the metaphor meant "a paper wall, or one that might as well not be there at all." I think the usage would be just as valid! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 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. 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