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Oronym, Orónimo, Oronyme, Oronimo, Oronym, (esper.) Oronimoj

oronym (W3)

• Item #127505 (14 Jun 2013 11:40) - Re: eminent/imminent
• the speaker's dialect (sometimes called oronyms).
• The new phrase introduces a meaning that is different from the original,
• Oronyms
• Oronyms are a great way to introduce connected speech. If you know of some, please share in this thread. Sometimes they even throw me off. A waitress asked my wife if she wanted soup or salad. My wife replied, just a regular sized salad will be enough.
• Item #12358 (2 Feb 2001 19:30) - Re: oronym
• Does anyone know when the term "oronym" was coined? (It's a synonym for "mondegreen".) Gyles Brandreth uses it in "The Joy of Lex" (1980) (did he I dropped a postcard to Mr. Brandreth to ask him to illuminate the etymology of "oronym", and whether it is indeed his coinage. If he responds, I will report.
• Item #12210 (31 Jan 2001 14:17) - Re: oronym
• Yes, actually, since you mention it - My cursory web search called up several germanophone sites that seemed to suggest that "Oronym" is used in German as a term for names applied to elevated sites. I figured that this
• Item #12206 (31 Jan 2001 19:08) - Re: oronym
• According to a website listing oronyms, Brandreth discusses the possible origin right in that book: Brandreth, Giles, "The Joy of Lex", 1980, New York: William Morrow and Co., pp. 58-59 on who coined the word "oronym"
• "Oronyms are sentences that can be read in two ways with the same sound. To inspire you to cook up some oronyms of your own, here are a dozen of my favorites."
• Item #12203 (31 Jan 2001 11:03) - Re: oronym
• According to a website listing oronyms, Brandreth discusses the possible origin right in that book: Brandreth, Giles, _The Joy of Lex_, 1980, New York: William Morrow and Co., pp. 58-59 on who coined the word "oronym"
• gives wouldn't really pass muster: e.g. "Where is the spice center?" vs. "Where is the spy center?" Maybe oronyms work on the "close, aber keine Zigarre" principle.

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Oronyms

We can extend our exploration of puns by adding the concept of oronyms, word combinations that sound the same, especially in the rush of normal speech, but have different meanings.
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There were also these "oronyms, strings of sound that can be carved into words into two different ways" (Pinker, 160) which I found very amusing.
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Oronyms are often used in songs and nursery rhymes:
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Oronyms

In recreational linguistics, an "oronym" (also called a "continunym" or a "slice-o-nym") is a pair of phrases which are homophonic. When pronounced without a pause between words (internal open juncture), phrases which differ in meaning and spelling may share a similar pronunciation. Examples include "ice cream" and "I scream" (This is employed in the chant "I scream; you scream; we all scream for ice cream" that is familiar to many English-speaking children.) The label "oronym" was suggested by Gyles Brandreth and first published in his book The Joy of Lex (1980).

Oronyms share a similar chain of consonant and vowel sounds; however, they are composed of words that are cut at different points in the phonetic strings, hence the name "slice-o-nym".
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Word Unit: Mondegreens and Oronyms (a collection of misheard words and sentences).

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oronym (s) (noun), oronyms (pl)

Sentences that can be read in two ways with the same sounds; also called, "mondegreens or junctures: "A simple example of an oronym would be the sentences: The sons raise meat; heard as: The sun's rays meet."

Mistakenly hearing an oronym in a song or poem instead of the actual text is referred to as a mondegreen.

Examples of oronyms
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oronyms

n. Two or more sentences that use the same sounds but have different words.
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