Triple Tautonyms in Biology
Triple tautonyms are hard to find. I know if only two in Webster's Third Edition, cha-cha-cha and tat-tat-tat. On page 175 in his book Language on Vacation (Scribner's, 1965), Dmitri Borgmann also suggests the college sororities Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Sigma Sigma, the honor society Be...
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ftbutleruniv:oai:digitalcommons.butler.edu:wordways-2802 2023-09-05T13:22:46+02:00 Triple Tautonyms in Biology Wolpow, Edward R. 1983-05-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol16/iss2/10 https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/context/wordways/article/2802/viewcontent/10TripleTautonymsInBiology.pdf unknown Digital Commons @ Butler University https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol16/iss2/10 https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/context/wordways/article/2802/viewcontent/10TripleTautonymsInBiology.pdf Word Ways Linguistics text 1983 ftbutleruniv 2023-08-17T05:36:33Z Triple tautonyms are hard to find. I know if only two in Webster's Third Edition, cha-cha-cha and tat-tat-tat. On page 175 in his book Language on Vacation (Scribner's, 1965), Dmitri Borgmann also suggests the college sororities Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Sigma Sigma, the honor society Beta Beta Beta, and the scientific names for the African weaverbird and the common rat, Quela quela quela and Rattus rattus rattus (misspelled with a single T). There are a few legitimate additions to his list, such as the movie title Tora! Tora! Tora!; much less acceptable are juxtapositions of the Row, Row, Row your boat . variety. Text Rattus rattus Digital Commons@Butler University Tora ENVELOPE(102.019,102.019,78.181,78.181) |
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Triple tautonyms are hard to find. I know if only two in Webster's Third Edition, cha-cha-cha and tat-tat-tat. On page 175 in his book Language on Vacation (Scribner's, 1965), Dmitri Borgmann also suggests the college sororities Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Sigma Sigma, the honor society Beta Beta Beta, and the scientific names for the African weaverbird and the common rat, Quela quela quela and Rattus rattus rattus (misspelled with a single T). There are a few legitimate additions to his list, such as the movie title Tora! Tora! Tora!; much less acceptable are juxtapositions of the Row, Row, Row your boat . variety. |
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