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.