Catáfora Paratáctica: The Answer Has This Too

6.5.07

What do the words cooperate, ion, iota, oogenesis, going, aorta, iocane, Montreal, and Iowa have in common?

Anonymous dijó...: They all have "o" in them. If I only had a brain.; 15.5.07
Anonymous dijó...: I hadn't even noticed. The words "deity" and "diuretic" also have this. Keep the title in mind.; 15.5.07
Robert dijó...: Oh, I get it - you're on hiatus.; 19.5.07
Alexicon dijó...: They all contain an open syllable? If I remember my phonology, these are heavy syllables too, because the vowels are diphthongs. Of course, you have to assume that the pronunciation of Montreal is anglicized completely.

P.S. I love your blog.; 13.6.07
Anonymous dijó...: Very observant of you Alex, but there are a few light open syllables, in a strict sense, -ta in iota and aorta, but getting into this business is complicated. Robert got it before though, and I think it's what you we're getting at, and it is that they all have the two-vowel sequence, but actually they are not dipthongs, but hiatuses (because I had to take a little break from writing)

Thanks for the kinds words as well.; 14.6.07