Zeugma??Good link, Perry, but the related link to Zeugma is missing a definition for the Montezeugma.
Zat the wound marks a working class Cath'lic gets on 'is hands?
[/quote]Syllepsis is somewhat related to the figure zeugma, but in the latter the modifier does not always logically fit one of the words it modifies.
yet I was rooting for her. alas!She lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes and his hopes.
Aye, a lass indeed, and she was the sweet tart of Zeugma, she...my favorite wasSyllepsis is somewhat related to the figure zeugma, but in the latter the modifier does not always logically fit one of the words it modifies.yet I was routing for her. alas!She lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes and his hopes.
mark fairly-new-to-zeugma Bailey
If you're an old Folker, it was done by The Limelighters back when Glen Yarborough was with them. Their albums got a lot of play in our house when I was a mere child (As opposed to being a meerkat, cat. Now where did my bongos go?).Mayhap I'm confusing F&S with the version of the song I'm most familiar with -which artiste is fading into unsurety in my head...Music Hall? I'm not sure F&S quite fall into that musical genre. Regardless, this song is one of my all-time favorites, though it should probably have been called Have Some Zeugmas, M'Dear.Yike, British Music Hall! What next?
my favourite rhyme here:
And Port is a wine I can well do without;
It's simply a case of Chacun a son GOUT!
-- PW
. . .
Return to “Good Word Discussion”
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 119 guests