Wordie: Metonym: Comments

Comment by npydyuan, 11 months ago

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:12:38 +0000

Say it again...

Comment by uselessness, 11 months ago

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:04:24 +0000

Absolutely nothing.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:36:38 +0000

War? Huh. Good God, y'all. What is it good for?

Comment by seanahan, 11 months ago

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:36:10 +0000

This looks like the beginning of a war.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:38:32 +0000

To paraphrase Twain, "But wait, you repeated what I said." ;->

Comment by seanahan, 11 months ago

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:53:09 +0000

Try this page http://www.answers.com/metonymy?cat=health&gwp=13

Essentially, synecdoche is a special case of metonymy, where the replacing word is actually part of what is being placed.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:37:39 +0000

As I understand it, synecdoche is a type of metonymy. There's a fairly good explanation here.

Comment by npydyuan, 11 months ago

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:19:32 +0000

Can somebody clarify how metonymy is different from synecdoche?