tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post6901777823476404599..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Paper Is The Enemy Of WordsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-35385024949811913322010-02-24T04:08:07.445-05:002010-02-24T04:08:07.445-05:00All synecdoche is metonymy, but not all metonymy i...All synecdoche is metonymy, but not all metonymy is synecdoche.panjandrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809225905771857906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-1483508453895536612010-02-22T10:33:43.803-05:002010-02-22T10:33:43.803-05:00@panoptical, thanks! It's obvious now that I s...@panoptical, thanks! It's obvious now that I see the spelling.<br /><br />@outerhoard, thanks for the pointer to wordnik. I've put her blog into my reader.<br /><br />@Erin, if i took a course from her, I'd never miss a day.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments all!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-40626325633308297492010-02-19T12:02:50.362-05:002010-02-19T12:02:50.362-05:00I've met Erin McKean, and she is just that ful...I've met Erin McKean, and she is just that full of infectious great ideas in real life. I may have a bit of a girl-crush.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102524397278597786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-288944596935254652010-02-19T01:19:02.896-05:002010-02-19T01:19:02.896-05:00Synecdochically. Derived from synechdoche.
Yes, i...Synecdochically. Derived from synechdoche.<br /><br />Yes, it's a great talk, although it does give the impression that lexicographers have traditionally been expected to make aesthetic decisions about which words are worthy of being dictionaried, when surely the real story involves gathering hard statistical data. That struck me as misleading.<br /><br />And of course, wordnik.com is Erin's attempt to create the ideal dictionary that she alludes to in the talk.<br /><br />Without a doubt, Erin would be a fun person to talk to. Among other things, I'd ask for her opinion on what my own invented word, quidjfravzgembtchowlkspynx, should mean. (It's a pronounceable anagram of the alphabet.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-59363271464178733762010-02-19T01:08:30.996-05:002010-02-19T01:08:30.996-05:00Unfamiliar word: synecdochically.
http://www.merr...Unfamiliar word: synecdochically.<br /><br />http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synecdochicallypanopticalhttp://panoptical.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com