"paronomasia" Topic
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| Last Hussar | 04 Oct 2008 1:36 a.m. PST |
Following Allens answer re the "Great Bawl of China" what other paronomasia can we come up with (checking my understanding of how this works). ACW- The Untied States of America- is that one |
| Connard Sage | 04 Oct 2008 1:43 a.m. PST |
Er, no. That's anthimeria Probably |
aecurtis  | 04 Oct 2008 1:54 a.m. PST |
Would you like a little anacoenosis with that? Allen |
| Connard Sage | 04 Oct 2008 1:55 a.m. PST |
Is that a rhetorical question Allen? |
| aecurtis | 04 Oct 2008 2:13 a.m. PST |
Connard, to praise your erudition would be a paradiastole. 
Allen |
| Last Hussar | 04 Oct 2008 6:27 a.m. PST |
Ha- I've looked it up. I suppose you think thats punny. |
 John the OFM  | 04 Oct 2008 7:13 a.m. PST |
I come here for the big words, skillfully used.
I used to think that William F Buckley just made them up, but now I am not so sure. |
| aecurtis | 04 Oct 2008 11:08 a.m. PST |
William F. Buckley was a properly educated man, and was not ashamed to show it. Although my political views have matured from when I first admired him, my respect for both his mind and his pen remain. There's a reason the ancients (by which I mean our grandparents) learned logic and rhetoric. Effective communications are a cornerstone of human interaction. To attempt to communicate without basic training in the fundamentals makes as much sense as a plumber going out on a call without any tools. Recent political interviews and debates bear depressing witness to that truism. Allen |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 04 Oct 2008 8:36 p.m. PST |
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| JackWhite | 07 Apr 2009 11:52 a.m. PST |
Maybe the homeowner has tools he can borrow. Or he'll see what he needs first so that he doesn't have to haul everything over and not need it. JW |
| lazyox | 12 Apr 2009 1:07 p.m. PST |
i do plumbing calls all the time in my job about 10 percent of the time you do not need tools .. |
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