tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post6393312176063912666..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On snowtoberDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-22482428616714959392012-10-24T12:17:06.539+00:002012-10-24T12:17:06.539+00:00Such a pity the inclement weather didn't wait ...Such a pity the inclement weather didn't wait another couple of weeks: "SNOWvember" would have been a godsend to media types :-)Jerry Greennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-57154756746496017622011-11-02T20:30:46.366+00:002011-11-02T20:30:46.366+00:00Snowtober sounds like snowed over. I agree: it was...<i>Snowtober</i> sounds like <i>snowed over</i>. I agree: it was the natural choice. My reaction to <i>Snoctober</i> was similar to Marc's: it immediately suggested <i>snot</i>. Then a schoolboy chant about it. (<i>Smock</i> has much more <a href="http://dontknockmysmock.com/" rel="nofollow">appeal</a>.) <br /><br />Slight digression: I recently came across <i>absoposilutely</i> in the subtitles of a Korean film. It made me wonder what feature had been translated, since Korean doesn't appear to have infixation. A native speaker who had seen the film thought it was a kids'-slang variant of <i>absolutely</i> that had been translated for "the effect of a rather unexpected use of a childish play on pronunciation".Stanhttp://stancarey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-25498651728195573332011-11-01T08:37:20.505+00:002011-11-01T08:37:20.505+00:00Yes, the /sn/ initial consonant cluster has a gene...Yes, the /sn/ initial consonant cluster has a generally negative sound symbolic property - <i>snide, sneak, snoop, snort, sniff, snout</i>... <i>Snow</i> is one of the few exceptions.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-63497709904874970032011-10-31T19:57:01.864+00:002011-10-31T19:57:01.864+00:00David:
I agree with your conclusion, with one addi...David:<br />I agree with your conclusion, with one addition, to explain why "snoctober" - at least to me - is unfortunate. The first allusion that came to mind was "snot," an unsavory word under any conditions, and most certainly not evocative of snow in mid-autumn.Marc Leavittnoreply@blogger.com