>Just had to chime in here that i though rhyme was a more useful word:: tacit >phrases that end the same. It also addresses Brians concern...
greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> to: Chat forum <[email protected]> date: 15 May 2015 at 10:54 subject: Re: [Jchat] homeoteleuton I don't know that I will ever need to show off my erudition. That erudition stuff is embarrassing. -- from: Brian Schott <[email protected]> to: Chat forum <[email protected]> date: 15 May 2015 at 09:42 subject: Re: [Jchat] homeoteleuton >According to the definition at >http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homeoteleuton I think it would be more >informative to say each column in the J Vocabulary is a homeoteleuton, or to >say that columns (plural) are homeoteleutons. But your statement seems >correct. Still one could argue that the first columns` endings are not the >same and because of that and because of the definition including both same and >similar endings, couldn't one argue that each row is more of a homeoteleuton >than each column? Thanks. -- from: Roger Hui <[email protected]> to: Chat Forum <[email protected]> date: 15 May 2015 at 09:23 subject: Re: [Jchat] homeoteleuton >It's useful for when you need to show off your erudition. Y'know: it's a >parablepsis occasioned by homeoteleuton. -- from: Raul Miller <[email protected]> to: Chat forum <[email protected]> date: 15 May 2015 at 09:10 subject: Re: [Jchat] homeoteleuton >Doesn't exactly drip off the tongue though. (Kinda hard imagining myself using >this word in conversation.) Still, yes, this "near rhyme" or "same ending" thing does seem like a neat concept. Thanks, -- from: Roger Hui <[email protected]> to: Chat Forum <[email protected]> date: 15 May 2015 at 08:20 subject: [Jchat] homeoteleuton >... a useful word to know given the J spelling rules. e.g. In the J >Vocabulary <http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/vocabul.htm> >homeoteleutons are in the same column. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
