Talk:Portmanteaus
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I think it's a portmanteau, but of "Kansas" and WHAT? ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 20:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | I think it's a portmanteau, but of "Kansas" and WHAT? ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 20:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | ||
:Many things are called [[Wikipedia:Attica (disambiguation)|Attica]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | :Many things are called [[Wikipedia:Attica (disambiguation)|Attica]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC) | ||
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Name of article
There's something not-quite-right about the title. Looking closely at various articles and dictionaries, I think the name of this page should either be portmanteau words or blends. — It's dot com 03:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- According to Wikipedia:Portmanteau
"Portmanteau word" was the original phrase used to describe such words (as listed in dictionaries published as late as the early 1990s), but this has since been abbreviated to simply "portmanteau" as the term (and the type of words it describes) gained popularity.
--phlip TC 03:26, 7 May 2006 (UTC)- Hmm, I see. — It's dot com 03:33, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Duplication?
A lot of this is already covered in Strong Bad's Spelling ... Spell4yr 19:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Unportant?
Is this simply a truncation of "unimportant", or is it a form of portmanteau? - Qermaq - (T/C) 
09:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Appletini
- I don't think that Appletini should count. It's already a portmanteau in the real world, not invented for H*R. Elvis
Kansattica?
I think it's a portmanteau, but of "Kansas" and WHAT? ¤ The Mü 
Talk to me. 20:57, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Many things are called Attica. — Elcool (talk)(contribs) 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Piemonade
I think piemonade should be on this list.
