[Leica] synecdoche and how photographers practice poetry

[brad at bradbrad.com (brad daly)]

FWIW, that's actually probably neo-greek from the 18th or 19th century, 
when the englightenmenters decided to label everything with brand new 
agglomerations of greek and latin words.

sort of like the way in which we use "gate."  we all know what a "gate" 
is; we probably walk through several every day.  but as a suffix, since 
the early 1970s, it means "scandal," etc.  that word has always been 
around, but it wasn't always part of the construction in which it is 
now used.

i could be wrong, of course.

--brad, english major, lover of words


On 15 Mar 2005, at 10:04 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:

>
> Virginia has provided us with a classic example of synecdoche in 
> imagery.
> [Please don't ask me to pronounce it.] In poetry it's a very effective 
> device.
> Poetry is essentially about imagery. Isn't it great to know there's a 
> word for
> this type of image and creative thinking? The Greeks had a word for 
> everything
> we would ever dream about.


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        "Show me
a word that rhymes with 'pavement,'
        And I won't kill your parents
and roast them on a spit."
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