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This was a new one on me, so I searched online and found that
"paronomasia" seems to be a more common spelling, for what that's
worth. (The dictionary seems to think it means about the same as
"punning".) A useful term.<br>
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Thanks, Michael!
Yow! What a mouthful!
Rory
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I believe the term paranomasia fits the bill. At least, that's what I call
it my work. This happens occasionally in Native America historically. I've
seen a couple of examples in the Midwest.
Michael
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Does anybody have a proper linguistic term for the phenomenon
of borrowing a word from a foreign language in such a way as to
build a native construction that approximately chimes with the
phonological sequence of the original? I've been using "pun",
but I suspect there's a more appropriate term for it.
Thanks!
Rory
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