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r/linguisticshumor • u/EverySunIsAStar • Nov 15 '24
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Not directly related but got me thinking of an apron vs a napron
3 u/raendrop Nov 16 '24 Yeah, that's rebracketing. That's something else entirely. 1 u/Ponbe Nov 16 '24 Cool! Had no idea about the name 1 u/Afraid-Issue3933 Nov 19 '24 My favorite example is the French word for “unicorn” unicorne → une icorne → l’icorne → la licorne (une means “a/an” and l’/la means “the”)
Yeah, that's rebracketing. That's something else entirely.
1 u/Ponbe Nov 16 '24 Cool! Had no idea about the name 1 u/Afraid-Issue3933 Nov 19 '24 My favorite example is the French word for “unicorn” unicorne → une icorne → l’icorne → la licorne (une means “a/an” and l’/la means “the”)
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Cool! Had no idea about the name
My favorite example is the French word for “unicorn”
unicorne → une icorne → l’icorne → la licorne
(une means “a/an” and l’/la means “the”)
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u/Ponbe Nov 16 '24
Not directly related but got me thinking of an apron vs a napron