Talk:Siamese twins (English language)
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[edit] Feel free
Please feel free to add to the list of examples under the relevant head. If the conjunction is neither and or or, start another section. Thanks, --Gurubrahma 08:08, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] DYK blurb
- ...that the phrase Siamese twins in the context of the English language refers to a grouping of words that is often used together as an expression and usually conjoined by the words and or or? --Gurubrahma 13:45, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Why?
Would anyone like to add a little section on why Siamese twins cannot be changed around?
I'm afraid I'm in the middle of my University exams and therefore have no time.
Ollie
- I have a dim recollection from a phonology class long ago that there had been some research done that concluded that there were regular phonological rules in English, and I think in some other languages also, that at least to some extent would predict the sequence of terms in a phrase like this. I have long since lost the reference but if someone is familiar with this research it would vastly improve the article to have a section on this instead of the bare list that is here currently. 69.3.134.212 04:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Examples?
Would "the Alpha and the Omega" be a suitable example, or is that common to many languages and therefore not appropriate to this page? Also, what about "last but not least" in the "other conjunctions" section? --zandperl 21:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rant and rave
- This is listed in "Examples of Siamese twins employing synonyms", but perhaps it should be noted that through usage as a pair, the two words have commonly become thought of as opposites (i.e. a rant is exclaiming something negative, while a rave is exclaiming something positive). I'm hesitant to add this myself, though, because it's possible that this understanding of the terms is not as common as I think it is. --ΨΦorg 18:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- "Rave" correctly means "talk incoherently". Its use as "exclaiming something positive" is modern slang. Anthony Appleyard 20:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
