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LOGOLOG
a weblog of wordplay by Eric Harshbarger
Front Hook: N
Usually I like longer words for front hook examples, but the letter N provides a nice, six letter example.
N is for Nonuses
Though short, it is another great example where the original word, ONUSES, is completely transformed by the front hook. NONUSES changes the pronunciation significantly (that second N jumping to the first syllable, leaving "-USES" to itself). And, of course, the two words are completely unrealted etymologically.
Honorable mentions for the letter N:
- Navicular
- Nearly
- Noosphere
- Novation
- Number
- Nunlike
-- Eric
[11 September 2014]
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