Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My response wouldn't have been as strong, in fact I wouldn't have responded at all, had the praise not been to ludicrously effusive. ;-) The reality is I was reacting to the praise, far more than to the image. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter Dzwig Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:41 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Synecdoche Concise OED: Synecdoche: ...ORIGIN Greek "sunekdhoke" from "sun-" = together + "ekdekhesthai" = take up. Sorry I can't do the stresses ;-) Peter Dzwig PS I am inclined to agree with BD, though not in such strong terms. brad daly wrote: > FWIW, that's actually probably neo-greek from the 18th or 19th > century, > when the englightenmenters decided to label everything with brand new > agglomerations of greek and latin words. > > sort of like the way in which we use "gate." we all know what a > "gate" > is; we probably walk through several every day. but as a suffix, since > the early 1970s, it means "scandal," etc. that word has always been > around, but it wasn't always part of the construction in which it is now > used. > > i could be wrong, of course. > > --brad, english major, lover of words > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information