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Pyramid* 07-04-2012 12:17 PM

Brainboxes required please.
 
this is doing my head in and I cannot think of the term for it.

A sentence that has at least 3 consecutive words starting with the same letter...... there is a name for that but despite googling - I can't find it.

ie: The weather on that dark, dismal day deflated everyone

Any of the brainy students with a liking of English able to tell me what it is please? It's doing my nut in.

Marc 07-04-2012 12:19 PM

Alliteration?

Kazanne 07-04-2012 12:20 PM

Alliteration,I think

Kate! 07-04-2012 12:21 PM

a tautology?

Me. I Am Salman 07-04-2012 12:24 PM

triplets

Marc 07-04-2012 12:25 PM

Lesbians lick lollipops and labia

Kate! 07-04-2012 12:25 PM

:amazed: I was almost right !!

A tautogram (Greek: tauto gramma, "same letter") is a text in which all words start with the same letter. Historically, tautograms were mostly poetical forms ([1]). The difference between a tautogram and alliteration is that tautograms are a written, visual phenomenon, whereas alliterations are a phonetic one. Most cases of alliteration are also tautograms, though certainly not all since different letters can frequently take on the same sound (e.g., circle segment or Catcher Ken). Similarly, most tautograms are also alliterations, although exceptions exist when using letters with multiple pronunciations (e.g., crazy child or pneumatic plate).

Roy Mars III 07-04-2012 12:25 PM

42

Kizzy 07-04-2012 12:30 PM

If its an S its sibilance i think....not sure though...

Pyramid* 07-04-2012 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III (Post 5067162)
42

Get out of her ya madman!

thanks folks....:blush: it was the word alliteration that was in the dark recesses of my mind ! Though that strictly wasn't correct - technically it is a tautogram!

I'll think of perky boob mammograms as the word association / memory recall and I'll never forget it again!!

Pyramid* 07-04-2012 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc (Post 5067160)
Lesbians lick lollipops and labia

Marc Must Manage Major Metamorphis, mostly manageable!

Pyramid* 07-04-2012 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5067168)
If its an S its sibilance i think....not sure though...

Close...

Sibilances are sort of akin to alliterations - where different letters produce the same vocal sound ie: license. both 'c' and 's' produce the same vocalisation though have a different sound elsewhere .. ie cat / shape.

Kate! 07-04-2012 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5067172)
Marc Must Manage Major Metamorphis, mostly manageable!

Marc's started a trend now....

Kate Kicks Kangaroos. Krazy Kow (yes, I know I'm cheating :hugesmile:)

Crimson Dynamo 07-04-2012 12:45 PM

I cant imagine any situation where a question of that nature would bother me or be in my head

Marc 07-04-2012 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5067169)
Get out of her ya madman!

thanks folks....:blush: it was the word alliteration that was in the dark recesses of my mind ! Though that strictly wasn't correct - technically it is a tautogram!

I'll think of perky boob mammograms as the word association / memory recall and I'll never forget it again!!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3MojJkhG4F...inning-GIF.gif

Pyramid* 07-04-2012 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 5067189)
I cant imagine any situation where a question of that nature would bother me or be in my head


S'coz I has brain ... albeit one that suffered from momentary memory loss.:joker:



Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc (Post 5067192)

http://www.london24.com/polopoly_fs/.../757922909.jpg

Pyramid* 07-04-2012 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 5067189)
I cant imagine any situation where a question of that nature would bother me or be in my head


S'coz I has an active brain ... albeit one that suffered from momentary memory loss.:joker:



Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc (Post 5067192)

http://www.london24.com/polopoly_fs/.../757922909.jpg


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