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petermarcus ([personal profile] petermarcus) wrote2003-09-09 04:04 pm

Grammar...why?

Why isn't there any other word in English that sounds exactly like homophone?
Why isn't there any other word in English that is spelled homogram?
Why don't the letters in ACRONYM stand for anything?
Why is palindrome not one?
Why doesn't anything make a noise that goes: onomatopoeia
Why doesn't diphthong have any?
Why doesn't anyone shorten the word contraction?
Why don't we capitalize honorific?
Why doesn't the word metaphor remind me of anything?
Why doesn't the word vernacular show up more in everyday conversation?
If Smokey the Bear is anthropomorphization, does that make the Chik-Fil-A cows gynopomorphization?

[identity profile] meran555.livejournal.com 2003-09-09 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
are you saying cows are like women?

vernacular DOES show up often in my everyday conversation!

[identity profile] macaholic.livejournal.com 2003-09-09 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
why is the word "long" short?
why is the word "abbreviation" long and not short?