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20:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
"In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds"
"Some literary experts accept as alliteration the repetition of vowel sounds"
So, for those literary experts who don't accept alliteration as repetition of vowel sounds, this means that "always avoid alliteration" isn't a fumblerule. There might also be an issue in that only the last two 'a's are pronounced the same. But this just raises the question: what is this, if it isn't alliteration?
Really I'm looking for two things: a term that covers repetition of vowel sounds at the starts of words (such as "avoid alliteration"), and a term that covers repetition of initial letters (such as "always avoid alliteration"), that are accepted by those who don't accept these under the term "alliteration". — Smjg ( talk) 20:41, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
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mechanismin short, a bit of a bird's nest.
I propose to be WP:BOLD and give the article a good clean up. Since there isn't a single style of referencing I intend to pull all the citations into a single list and use short form referencing to them. To allow for discussion I'll hold off until Monday 21 March. Martin of Sheffield ( talk) 10:32, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
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Does anyone mind if I set up archiving on this vast, swirling pit of fermenting ordure Talk page, please? Best wishes
DBaK (
talk)
20:00, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
"In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds"
"Some literary experts accept as alliteration the repetition of vowel sounds"
So, for those literary experts who don't accept alliteration as repetition of vowel sounds, this means that "always avoid alliteration" isn't a fumblerule. There might also be an issue in that only the last two 'a's are pronounced the same. But this just raises the question: what is this, if it isn't alliteration?
Really I'm looking for two things: a term that covers repetition of vowel sounds at the starts of words (such as "avoid alliteration"), and a term that covers repetition of initial letters (such as "always avoid alliteration"), that are accepted by those who don't accept these under the term "alliteration". — Smjg ( talk) 20:41, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
References
The end matter has been a mix of different styles for the last three or four years. Currently there are:
in addition some pages are referenced with:
|p=
mechanismin short, a bit of a bird's nest.
I propose to be WP:BOLD and give the article a good clean up. Since there isn't a single style of referencing I intend to pull all the citations into a single list and use short form referencing to them. To allow for discussion I'll hold off until Monday 21 March. Martin of Sheffield ( talk) 10:32, 15 March 2022 (UTC)