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- From: nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau)
- Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan13.042544.15891@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
- References: <1993Jan12.184705.842@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 04:25:44 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan12.184705.842@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> bab2@nestor.cc.bellcore.com (barter,elizabeth) writes:
- >
- >I'm looking for the word that means/describes kids substituting
- >some words for others. Not because they have hearing or speech
- >problems, but because the word is too big for them to get their
- >mouths around it. The Pledge of Allegiance is often used as an
- >example. Another one is when a relative said said his name was
- >"William IwishIwas Kelly" instead of William Aloysius Kelly.
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- Malapropism - "a usually humorous misapplication of a word; specif: the
- use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously
- wrong in the context" - Merriam-Webster New Collegiate Dictionary.
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- The Rhealist - nadeau@bnr.ca - Speaking only for myself
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