silliness with jargon

[fox]

when you type the word "allophony" for the ninety-seventh time, and the voice in your head pronounces it all a phony and starts giggling, it might be time to work on something else for a while (eh, ellen_fremedon? am i right?).

(for kingchiron --

Main Entry: al·lo·phone
Pronunciation: 'a-l&-"fOn
Function: noun
Etymology: allo- + phone
Date: 1938
: one of two or more variants of the same phoneme [the aspirated /p/ of pin and the unaspirated /p/ of spin are allophones of the phoneme /p/]

-- so "allophony" is the presence of, or the condition of being, allophones.)

Comments

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

Um, thanks. Did we have a conversation about that?

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

no, but the last time i got jargon-y in an lj entry, you went and looked up "ergative" and posted it as a comment for the benefit of the non-linguists. i figured i'd save you a trip. :-)

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

It's just one of those endearing things he does sometimes.

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

Ah. Well thank you then.