
11-24-2008, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kstar
Actually, alliteration has to do with sounding alike, not being spelled with the same beginning consonant. For instance, freaky phone is alliteration, however, krazy kstar is just bad spelling.
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If you are going to claim something, then at least make sure are correct first:
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Alliteration is the repeated occurrence of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase. A well-known example is the Mother Goose tongue-twister, "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers …".
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