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#84411
10/23/2002 3:21 PM
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#84412
10/23/2002 3:26 PM
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Warshington?
Maybe. Or either just the graphic representation of a variant vowel pronunciation.
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#84413
10/24/2002 12:47 AM
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Welcome aBoard, ralphjr. What is a metaplasm, please?
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#84414
10/24/2002 1:18 AM
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From my dictionary, starting with second definition:
2 5L metaplasmus, an irregularity < Gr metaplasmes, formation of cases of nouns from a missing nom. < meta, over (see META3) + plassein, to form (see PLASTIC)6 a change in a linguistic form made by the addition, omission, or transposition of a sound or sounds or a syllable or syllables
But it is a subset of a group of allied rhetorical terms, the names of which I'll try to relocate.
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10/24/2002 9:50 AM
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it is a subset of a group of allied rhetorical terms
Actual, Dr. Bill, it's more like a superset. It comprises metathesis and a couple two three other thangs.
And whaddaya, Jackie, don't get A.W.A.D.?
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#84416
10/24/2002 12:28 PM
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> it's more like a superset
Right - but is 'Warshington' indeed a case of intentional (and perhaps anti-governmental) metaplasm or just a spelling more representational of how certain Americans pronounce the name?
I tried to look for a specific term for adding a letter to a word for comic or poetic effect, but our beloved 'Forest of Rhetoric' is down :-|
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#84417
10/24/2002 12:57 PM
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our beloved 'Forest of Rhetoric' is down
The Bushman cut it down
Or either he coppiced it, one
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