The World of Dr. Justice
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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