Enjoy alliteration?

Posted on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments

If you enjoy alliteration, you’ll probably be delighted by this Dan Wasserman comic:

Sorry about the lapse.

This election is driving me insane. Only six more days!

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Rutherford | November 21, 2008 at 4:51 pm | Reply

Kate, I’d quibble a bit on whether or not this is an example of alliteration. Isn’t alliteration the repetition of consonant sounds as in:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Laura | January 9, 2009 at 1:17 am | Reply

This seems to be a bit of alliteration (exotic, erratic, erotic) and rhyme (exotic, quixotic, erotic). But it’s not 100% alliterative.
–Laura

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Lee | January 9, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Reply

Since the phrases are very short and are not poetic, it’s kind of tough to tell (for me, at any rate) – but these seem to be examples of consonance rather than alliteration.

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