Posted on 09/02/2010 4:22:08 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
anacoluthia \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thee-uh\, noun
Lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, esp. in a sentence.
Example sentences:
At one time or another, we have all suffered through those unappealable debates in which a lady, with copious interjections and anacoluthia, swears that the word "luna" is more (or less) expressive than the word "moon."
-- Jorge Luis Borges, Emir RodrÃÂÃÂguez Monegal, Alastair Reid, Borges, a reader: a selection from the writings of Jorge Luis Borges
Anacoluthia, parataxis - there is no grammar or logic by which the room in which I sit can be precisely re-created in words. If, in fact, I were to try to convey it to a stranger, I'd be inclined to show photos and draw a floor map.
-- Ronald Silliman, The age of huts (compleat)
Etymology:
Late Latin, from Late Greek, anakolouthon means inconsistency in logic. From Greek, anakolouthos = inconsistent, from an- + akolouthos following. While anacoluthia generally describes a grammatically garbled sentence, an anacoluthon is a technical term in rhetoric that describes a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence or a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another as in “you really ought—well, do it your own way” or 'It makes me so-I just get angry.'
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine, using either anacoluthia or anacoluthon.
Freddy asked, “Did you stay up all night to watch Anna Nicole’s anacoluthon?”
Good morning and here's your A+! Speaking of Taxachusetts, they actually had a Ted Kennedy category on Jeopardy yesterday, but none of the answers were gluttony, alcoholism, or adultery.
A for you!
If Obama’s policies were a sentance...
A for you!
"Rise and shine, using either anacoluthia or anacoluthon."
I'm sorry, I don't follow the news, and I don't really know anything about what's going on with Anna Nichole.
Besides, what I got to say is that I got nothin' to say.
All your anacoluthia are belong to us.
Thank you. (BTW, I misspelled sentence.)
Roger Clemens to jail? The truth? He, uhh
Lied to Congress with anacoluthia
Today’s heroes are small
We have watched them all fall
We need less Bonds-ism, more Ruthia
A for you. Your Wednesday post cracked me up.
Welcome to WFTD!
I saw it but no reason to hector you about it.
Just when I think you won’t be able to rhyme one, you do. A+ for you, gifted one!
Anyhow, my anacoluthia example would be "Disaster, assurances, golf?"
From time to time I are sticking nose in.
Like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, she is still dead.
unexpectedly anacoluthia
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