A bit busy today, so I decided to write a post which I can do bit by bit. Apologies in advance if it looks like I’ve done it piecemeal but that would be because I have. I was thinking today about the word “Ajax”. Why? Well, my office postman is Dutch and football mad. He often stops by to tell me how well things are going in the world of Dutch football – blissfully unaware, it appears, that I haven’t the faintest idea what he’s on about. Nice chap, though.
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You will probably already know this one, but hey – it’s a lot of fun to write about! You may also have thought that alliteration was as simple as “why wouldn’t we want wool” – the repetition of the initial letter of every word in a given sequence – but this is quite far from being so, and there are other factors to be taken into consideration. Some people inherently cleverer than me, and with a lot more time on their hands will argue that the simple repetition of initial letters is not the only form of alliteration. Let me explain: |
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