Re: the grammar of photographic writers

[Clay Harmon <wcharmon@wt.net>]

Don't forget we haven't even gotten to synecdoche yet. Many brains on  
the list should be able to make short work of it.

Clay
On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Don Sweet wrote:
>
> > Hi Judy
> >
> > The term I would use to describe a construction like "we the  
> > people" is apposition.  The first word is defined by the other two  
> > words. Metonymy is use of one word as a symbol for another, eg  
> > "the War of the Roses" using the emblems of the houses of  
> > Lancaster and York (red and white roses respectively) to represent  
> > the rival armies.
>
> Oh, I like "apposition"! Excellent....
>
> Now just for fun I mention that when I checked the dictionary for  
> the spelling of "metonymy," it gave two examples, one of them  
> American -- namely, "the White House" for "president."
>
> Well, I thought it was amusing... Anyway, I'm getting to like this  
> "Oxford American Dictionary," despite its weird typography: It's  
> portable, hence handier than the unabridged, which requires a  
> voyage across the room (and has anyway permitted its type to get  
> too small for human consumption).
>
> J.