Bannannas = Peaches?

dunnomede?

Yes I realise i've spelt bannanas/banannas wrong.
Anyway why do people say bruise like a peach surely a ba.....na would be more appropriate? Also it would give alliteration to the phrase with the b's
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Yes probably

Biggins

I can use both in a sentence.

Peaches = bananas or Peaches is bananas.
(God help her father Bob Geldof!)
I checked the spelling in a dictionary!

javaboy

dunnomede? wrote: »

Also it would give assonance to the phrase with the b's

That's alliteration not assonance. I've just saved you from embarrassing yourself at some fancy poetry reading at some point in the future.

chin_grin

Because "bruise like a banana" invokes some shocking imagery that makes men go breathless and reach for their nethers. Or that just me?

dunnomede?

Thank you. So what does assonance mean?

cHaTbOx

It's because you can spell peaches but not bananas .

javaboy

dunnomede? wrote: »

Thank you. So what does assonance mean?

Very similar to alliteration but with vowels rather than consonants. Usually repeating the same vowel sound within words. Alliteration is usuallu repeating a consonant sound at the beginning of words.

Turd Ferguson

dunnomede? wrote: »

Thank you. So what does assonance mean?

Same thing but with an ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sound

eg "Sammy Squirrel smells smelly"

EDIT: hmmmm, maybe i'm thinking of something else here?

Quazzie

similarly 'molested as a choirboy' should be changed to 'molested as a maddie'

Doc

If you dropped a banana on the floor it wouldn’t bruise but a peach would and bruises realy easily. It bruises easily as do some people that’s where the phrase comes from a banana doesn’t bruise easily.

cHaTbOx

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Same thing but with an ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sound

eg "Sammy Squirrel smells smelly"

EDIT: hmmmm, maybe i'm thinking of something else here?

sibilance

Turd Ferguson

random chatbox wrote: »

sibilance

Thanks

dunnomede?

Doc wrote: »

If you dropped a banana on the floor it wouldn’t bruise but a peach would and bruises realy easily. It bruises easily as do some people that’s where the phrase comes from a banana doesn’t bruise easily.

They do, they bruise like... well... bananas... granted you dont eat the outer skin of a banana but they discolour very easily (which i presume is a sign of bruising)

javaboy

Doc wrote: »

If you dropped a banana on the floor it wouldn’t bruise but a peach would and bruises realy easily. It bruises easily as do some people that’s where the phrase comes from a banana doesn’t bruise easily.

And if you dropped a rotten peach on the floor it would go squelch or splat. Now who was paying attention in poetry class and can tell me what that effect is called?

Doc

dunnomede? wrote: »

They do, they bruise like... well... bananas... granted you dont eat the outer skin of a banana but they discolour very easily (which i presume is a sign of bruising)

No the blackness is from ripening not from bruising.

Its like when Im riding your Ma and I give her a few kidney punches while on the job it leaves bruises but If she shuffled of this mortal coil and I was riding her then her discoloration would be because of her over ripeness. See?

beerbaron

Onomatopeia

Xavi6

javaboy wrote: »

And if you dropped a rotten peach on the floor it would go squelch or splat. Now who was paying attention in poetry class and can tell me what that effect is called?

Onomatopoeia :cool:

Gyalist

javaboy wrote: »

And if you dropped a rotten peach on the floor it would go squelch or splat. Now who was paying attention in poetry class and can tell me what that effect is called?

Onomatopaeia.

javaboy

beerbaron wrote: »

Onomatopeia

A+. The rest of you just copied your answer off beerbaron and are getting F minuses. :P

Xavi6

javaboy wrote: »

A+. The rest of you just copied your answer off beerbaron and are getting F minuses. :P

I couldn't have copied him cause I was the only one who spelt it right :pac:

javaboy

Xavi6 wrote: »

I couldn't have copied him cause I was the only one who spelt it right :pac:

No you just copied him incorrectly and happened to get lucky. I'm going to have to speak with your parents about your attitude.

Turd Ferguson

Xavi6 wrote: »

I couldn't have copied him cause I was the only one who spelt it right :pac:

Quiet, or you'll be sent to CuLT's office...

Xavi6

I could just stay behind for detention.....

javaboy

Xavi6 wrote: »

I could just stay behind for detention.....

I'll see you after class. Boom chicka chicka wah chicka bum chicka wah wah.

Want to earn some extra credit? :eek:

Turd Ferguson

javaboy wrote: »

I'll see you after class. Boom chicka chicka wah chicka bum chicka wah wah.

Want to earn some extra credit? :eek:

lol, cue overdubbed voice "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Xavi6

javaboy wrote: »

I'll see you after class. Boom chicka chicka wah chicka bum chicka wah wah.

Want to earn some extra credit? :eek:

Oh yes Sir!