Re: CHAT: Excessive alliteration
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, May 30, 2000, 22:51 |
Danny Wier wrote:
This is kinda funny, because just the other day, I stumbled upon an
example of alliteration (beyond the normal gender-agreement
alliteration) in Watakassí:
Tipitá titipá
/tSipi'ta tSitSi'pa/
The more learned woman
Ti-pitá ti-tyá -tu-
G1-woman G1-learned comparative infix (tyá + -tu- -> tituá -> tipá)
Granted, not as alliterative or as tongue-twisting as some of those on
there, but it's the closest I've found so far.
--
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