Kitschiguy Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me? I need to identify the names (written in Thai) of the Thai equivalents of the following parts/figures of speech. 1) Tmesis - when a word is separated and has another word inserted. i.e Abso-*******-lutely. 2) Pun or Paronomasia - a phrase that deliberately exploits 2 similar sounding words, often used as tabloid newspaper headlines eg. A fat person jogging with an i-pod = i-podge. Chars, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAum Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Tmesis is a linguistic phenomenon or figure of speech in which a word is separated into two parts, with other words occurring between them. One kind of tmesis involves the insertion of a word or phrase into another word, often for humorous effect. The insertion may occur between the parts of a compound word, or between syllable boundaries (dystmesis). >> from Wikipedia Actually, I 'm not so sure about Tmesis... but i'd rather think about ÊÃÒÊ and ʹ¸Ô = compounding ... to compound two words to create the new word. A pun (or paronomasia) is a phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect >> from Wikipedia Pun or Paronomasia = wordplay = ¡ÒÃà Å蹤Ó ¡ÒÃà Åè¹ÅÔé¹ ¡ÒÃà Åè¹Êӹǹ (n.) i hope it's ok for you... :wink: kaunitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weszaq Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 u should mention this topic is for genuises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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