Friday, May 11, 2012

Minimalist Stichomythia



“What’s your name?”
“Gertrude.”
“May I call you Gertrude?”
“Yes.”
-- J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man (1955)

Note to devotees of orthoëpy:  stick-o-MITH-ee-a.
And to fans of etymology:  This “stich-“ is the same as the “-stich” in monostich.

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