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> From: "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]> > >> Peace, Alison, 'cluck' and 'suck' rhyme for no good reason other than >> everything is connected > > Actually, I think it may be more complicated than that, with a deep > phoenaesthetic link between the two words -- > > ... think: > > cluck suck buck ruck duck -- inter alia. > > Phoenaesthetic links tend to be scouted in semantic theory, as they're > difficult to code and mostly work on exclusionary principles, so the > CONSONANT [u] CONSONANT combination doesn't *enforce* any tight range of > meaning, but does exclude lots. > > Does this make sense? > > Prolly not ... > > :-( > > Robin Hamilton Robin, I will buy(!) Alison's inundation with nonsense as meaning and say this is wonderful and I suspect beyond all good sense one's best language - I mean the real thick quilted stuff - is by definition phonemically spliced into aesthetic glory consonant by consonant with vowels for spacing to guarantee a pause to enliven the shimmering. Shucks, who needs 'meaning'! Stephen V Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com