tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4648890107660366343..comments2024-03-19T02:31:02.140-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: "Synecdoche, New York"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10407080831160041582008-10-28T13:52:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:52:00.000-07:00"A “synecdoche,” which rhymes with Caden’s hometow..."A “synecdoche,” which rhymes with Caden’s hometown of Schenectady, is a figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole (“threads” for clothes) or the whole for a part (“the law” for cops). "<BR/><BR/>And all this time, I thought one was metonymy but could never remember which. You mean I didn't have to keep this straight! Damn HS English teachers.<BR/><BR/>So does this mean those painful reality shows are on the outs. And aging actresses who can't cope with no longer being 21 and beautiful will be played by aging actresses who maybe are aging gracefully who demonstrate all the pitfalls of not acting one's age in an hour rather than in a 24 hr format that leaves the observer to learn the lesson in real-time which means too late. Or is the whole thing just over my head?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79964307249008597192008-10-27T23:17:00.000-07:002008-10-27T23:17:00.000-07:00That's Manohla, Steve. What kind of name is that, ...That's Manohla, Steve. What kind of name is that, anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74195832317413908402008-10-27T22:56:00.000-07:002008-10-27T22:56:00.000-07:00"Caden Cotard" sounds like a feminine hygeine prod..."Caden Cotard" sounds like a feminine hygeine product for the developmentally disabled.<BR/><BR/>Schenectady can claim a real filmmaker, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sayles" REL="nofollow">John Sayles</A>. I believe he still lives there.<BR/><BR/>Never mind Charlie Kaufman; what would <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kauffman" REL="nofollow"><I>Bill</I> Kauffman</A> have done with this story? For one thing, he would never have taken it down the river. And the economics might work in downscale, upstate Schenectady.<BR/><BR/>By the way, "synecdoche" does not rhyme with "Schenectady". That would be both alliteration (the stressed syllables start with the same consonant) and assonance (the vowels mirror each other). If everything after the Ns were identical, it still wouldn't be a rhyme, but an identity.<BR/><BR/>The old Tin Pan Alley lyricist <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Robin" REL="nofollow">Leo Robin</A> (best known for "Thanks for the Memory"), like all his peers, preferred pure rhyme. His advice to young songwriters: "Don't make an assonance of yourself!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com