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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A revolutionary way to applaud: by stand innovation! Maybe someone can help with “standing novation”—isn’t there some connection of “novation” to prayer? I can’t put my finger on it.
CD review:
What an achievement from Leona. She definitely deserves a stand innovation.
(http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:FM4 … =firefox-a)
Fan site:
But last night i had a concert with the choir, it was so good we even got a stand innovation from the crowd!
(http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:C-5 … =firefox-a)
Fan fiction:
Before I could register what was happening, the crowd was cheering and applauding, giving us a stand innovation.
(http://www.fanfiction.net/s/355161/1/Michirus_Melody)
Concert review:
Tom sang “IT’S NOT UNUSUAL†and recieved another standing novation.
(http://tomjonesinternational.com/2008/1 … d-edition/)
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Six posts in a row, burred. What is this, another strike?
Love this mistake. Malaprops that result from redivision of two words are especially attractive. I think it might even be an eggcorn. An “innovation” could be something spontaneous. A “stand innovation” could be a spontaneous standing to show appreciation.
“Novation” a prayer? Perhaps you are thinking of “novena” (if so, how interesting that you should have raised the issue on Ascension Sunday). Or perhaps you were thinking of a novice in a religious order going through his/her novitiate?
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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No, unfortunately, the strike is over. I can only poke around for reimagined words and phrases during brief interludes, and then release them into an unsorted heap on the forum doorstep from time to time when I should be occupied elsewhere.
I agree with you. Mistakes and malaprops can be very interesting, especially when they speak to me, too. I love that nagging feeling when they almost make sense; one approaches the holy fount of the eggcorn. You did put your finger on “novena” and “novitiate” as the words I was looking for. Now I’ve looked up ‘novena’ – not quite pertinent, but fun to learn about.
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“Novato” is the Spanish for a newbie/greenhorn/novice, and is sometimes used in religious contexts. Is there a similar French word? Some similar form of “novus†has probably been around since Latin.
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Might “oratio(nis)†‘oration; eloquence; prayer’ also have been among the things chasing around in your mind?
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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