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"Olive hew" What is that?
Posted: 21 October 2006 04:26 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Decades ago I read about a language mechanism in which written words, when spoken, mean or sound like something else. Somebody even wrote a poem consisting almost entirely of these things. Example: olive hew sounds like I love you. What’s that word?

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Posted: 15 November 2006 12:07 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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"Olive hew" is really just a pun on I love you.  Specifically, it is paronomasia.  Search that term with your favorite search engine for more.

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