oronym

[Peter Richardson]

> According to a website listing oronyms, Brandreth discusses the possible
> origin right in that book:
>
> Brandreth, Giles, _The Joy of Lex_, 1980, New York: William Morrow and Co.,
> pp. 58-59 on who coined the word "oronym"
>
> Maybe someone has a copy handy, FWIW....
>
Nothing about the origin is on those 2 pages. And the examples Brandreth
gives wouldn't really pass muster: e.g. "Where is the spice center?" vs.
"Where is the spy center?" Maybe oronyms work on the "close, aber keine
Zigarre" principle.

Peter R.