Geoff Pullum posted on Language Log today on what we might call sentential overlap portmanteaus, in ads from Swiss Life and in the Jimmy Webb song “Honey, Come Back”. A sampling: [Swiss Life] I love my house now belongs to my ex-wife [I love my house / my house now belongs to my ex-wife] [Jimmy … Continue reading New frontiers in overlaps
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