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To: Slumdog who wrote (455255)	10/16/2020 5:55:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543080

Hey- if he can find a citation I would like to see it. But otherwise, yes, Mrs. Malaprop has paid us a visit.

To: Slumdog who wrote (455255)	10/16/2020 6:00:47 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543080

You cannot say nonsense to a metaphor. One can do it any way they want. But I have seen it used like I said. Think about it. Death nail, makes more sense than death knell as it is describing the actual act i.e. the specific "CAUSATION" which is how I used it and always use it. Death Knell is just an ALERT-lol. But it is also appropriate to use a phrase like that in a literary setting e.g the fog was as thick as pea soup-lol. This is more of a metaphor where one can use it the way they want, as long as it makes sense. <Message #455255 from Slumdog at 10/16/2020 5:47:48 PM I prefer death nail, as that means the nail that kills the person e.g. in a crucifixion. Nonsense Koan! No such expression in popular use. If you google "death nail" you will get definition for death knell. Also, with regard to crucifixion, take Jesus for instance, or the two thieves crucified with him, nails did not kill him. By biblical accounts, he remained alive for many hours after being nailed up there. Death nail, which you prefer, is your obvious malapropism!

To: Slumdog who wrote (455255)	10/16/2020 6:01:46 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 543080

You may know this already- but not everyone does, it's something I teach explicitly in class (and not in the 1971 meaning of explicit but in the "clearly stated meaning")- a malapropism is an eponym- a word named after a person (in this case a person who is a character)- eponym's are such fun. A related term is "eponymous"- the adjective form which we would use when discussing many of Shakespeare's plays that are named after a character (like Hamlet) although Harry Potter is also an eponymous work. en.wikipedia.org