macaronic wordplay

[Mark Mandel]

No, because "totiehorsesto" isn't a single word in any language I know.

Mark Mandel



On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Bruce Hunter <bhunter3 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Or, when one sees a vertical post firmly anchored in the ground, and it
> is labeled...
>
> Toti
> ehor
> sesto
>
> one knows it's a hitching post for your equine?
>
> V/R
> Bruce Hunter
>
> Mark Mandel wrote:
>> I guess it's because I learned my Latin as (pause to count on fingers)
>> my 3rd language, in H.S., with Classical pronunciation. And living in
>> Mass. for 20 years I was plenty exposed to Harvard and their shield
>> saying
>>  VER
>>   IT
>>  AS
>> which I always thought of with the /w/.
>>
>> That shield probably also conditioned me -- and p'raps Ms. Dickinson
>> as well -- to breaking it up that exact way (which I didn't think to
>> mention before).
>>
>> Mark Mandel
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