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Re: Names with the same initials?

Posted by Bob on February 10, 2002

In Reply to: Names with the same initials? posted by Amanda on February 10, 2002

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: I am driving myself crazy trying to remember the word that describes a person's name that has the same initials.....such as, Mickey Mouse, Henry Hudson, etc. Can anyone riddle me this? Thanks in advance.....

I don't know a word that applies strictly to names, but these names are alliterative. An alliteration is a repeating consonant sound; when a vowel repeats (how now brown cow), it's assonance.