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Usage of dystmesis #1 (permalink) Fri May 09, 2008 11:16 am   Usage of dystmesis
 

Does dystmesis (i.e. where "the compound is separated at an inappropriate or unlikely position") occur regularly in your language, dialect, variant, etc.? Do you use it?

e.g. from English:

a whole nother story
unbe-freakin-lievable

Source: http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kbarker/ling-devices.html#aphaeresis
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Usage of dystmesis #2 (permalink) Fri May 09, 2008 12:15 pm   Usage of dystmesis
 

Hello,

I've never heard of anyone using it in Bulgarian, so no.

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