# Alliteration's always acceptable **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394 "2002-05-16T14:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/1 "2002-05-16T14:55:14Z")
Liken leading letters. Intensify innuendo. Post proudly? ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/2 "2002-05-16T14:58:16Z")
intensify innuendo? where could one wish to witness such risible wiseness? ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/3 "2002-05-16T14:59:41Z")
…and yes, I know it’s wisdom - wiseness meshes with risible just so much more neatly! ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/4 "2002-05-16T15:02:50Z")
Enough explanation! Post properly, putz! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/5 "2002-05-16T15:07:34Z")
**Martiju** might’ve mostly misinterpreted main message’s meaning, methinks. Strictly speaking, sequential sentence segments should start similarly. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/6 "2002-05-16T15:11:34Z")
Cat-like curiosity caused a click on this communication. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/7 "2002-05-16T15:23:44Z")
curiousity can cause cat corpses. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/8 "2002-05-16T15:26:49Z")
Clearly **ChiefScott** cannot condone casual computer cohort’s careless correspondences. C’mon, comrades! Choose construction carefully! Compliance can circumvent cruel consequences. Contravention could cause **ChiefScott** conniptions. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/9 "2002-05-16T15:31:35Z")
such silly shit… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/10 "2002-05-16T15:34:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sidle \* > \*\*such silly shit… \*\* Oi! Obscenity’s obviously out of order! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/11 "2002-05-16T15:38:04Z")
So sorry, sir! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/12 "2002-05-16T16:16:15Z")
Ah! But could Doper’s ever feel good having irreconcilable juxtapositions knotting lengthy messages? No! Our posts quests really should tackle uninformed vagueness. We x youthful zealousness. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/13 "2002-05-16T16:35:27Z")
Alliteration is always acceptable, but assonance is always awesome. [sub] > [@](#): > > The repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse or prose is called assonance. When the repeated sounds are consonants, use either consonance or the more familiar term alliteration. _Guide to Literary Terms_ by Jack Lynch[/sub] (Big Grin smiley omitted in deference to the owner of the thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/14 "2002-05-16T18:30:35Z")
Sorry, successions of similar slightly sibilant sounds sometimes slip out. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/15 "2002-05-16T20:29:26Z")
Marvelous! Multiple mundane missives make me mellow. More meaningful messages might make me morose. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/16 "2002-05-16T20:32:52Z")
Grammar geeks greatly grok goofy games. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/17 "2002-05-16T20:51:20Z")
Why waste week working, when wondrous wordplay’s worth one’s while? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/18 "2002-05-16T21:01:53Z")
Can consonance count? Can co-horts create cantankerous cryptic conundrums? Could countless creative comments come continuously? Cripes! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alliterations-always-acceptable/109394/19 "2002-05-17T02:30:23Z")
Can cautious citizens catch colds? Could coffee cure chlamydia? Inquiring intellects investigate intently. . . Tripler One ornery, ostensible oaf.