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- From: CT.LVA@forsythe.stanford.edu (Linda Apperson)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ...
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 09:57:23 -0800
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- >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.
- >
- >Thanks
- >
- >Beth
-
- In Sheridan's play, "The Rivals" there was a character named Mrs.
- Malaprop who substituted words (my favorite was "the pineapple of
- success"). Its called a malapropism when someone does this.
- Linda
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