All Kinds Of Alliteration - How Angela Can Help You To Use Amusing Alliteration For Headlines And Introductions

Alliteration
Alliteration can be Astonishing, Amazing amusing, and is used in advertising.

Yes, alliteration is repetition of the first letter of a word, usually a consonant but we have just proved that you can create alliteration with vowels.

 You see it all around you every day. You probably pass some every time you go shopping

ALLITERATION IN ADVERTISING
Kit Kat.

Shop display of Kit-Kat

The simplest products have no more than two words. In the cassse of Kit-Kat, only two syllables.

I shall give you some suggestions and ideas for alliteration games shortly, but first may I share with you a story of my first attempts at alliteration.

ALLITERATION FOR PRODUCTS
I started my career in writing as a copywriter in an advertising agency. As a junior I used to enter competitions to name chocolate bars for clients. I would spend every evening for a week, looking up words with the same letter, matching adjectives to nouns, and finding synonyms.  I would submit one to five pages of suggestions. Most of my combinations were two words starting with the same first letter.

The client got their moneysworth of many ideas to choose from. I won a bottle of Champagne on several occasions not because my idea was chosen but as a reward for my effort. That enabled the account executive to show the client a stack of pages of ideas, proving how many hours of effort had been spent on the project which justified the amount the client was charged.

But allitertion is not the monopoly of advertisers. Allitertion is also useful to authors, in modern speeches and classical books. I used to be impressed by aliteration used by authors. As a child and teenager I had no idea how they achieved it. I thought they were superhuman.

When I created alliteration, it took me hours. I did not realise that authors were simply very hard working. Let's look at some more alliteration you might know.

ALLITERATION IN BOOKS
Do you remember Famous Five books by Enid Blyton? She wrote more than a dozen books about the boys and girls.



Five get into a Fix.
Five to go Finniston Farm.
Five Go Adventuring Again

Five go to Mystery Moor.

She also wrotte about the Secret Seven. Alliterative titles included Cliff Castle. The Hidey-Hole.

She was inspired by Seckford Hall in Suffolk, now alliteratively renamed Seckford Hall Hotel and Spa.

ALLITERATION IN BOOK TITLES
Adult books also have alliterative titles. Jane Austen had at least two. Pride and Prejudice. Sense and Sensibility.

Ironically, whilst sentences in books have grown shorter, some book titles have got longer. From modern times, and fact rahter than fiction, we have the best selling book, Feel the Fear - but do it anyway. Really the strong part of the title is Feel the fear, three words, the and an alliteration.

Enid Blyton wrote up to 50 books a year and was very successful. Yet she missed out on renaming herself alliteratively.

Over in America the movie moguls (there's another aliteration) chose alliterative film titles as well as alliterative names for their big billing stars.

Movie Stars

You have probably heard of

Marilyn Monroe.

She was born Norma Jean.

Now, how can you use alliteration? When you are introducing people at an event.

Introductions to speakers
It might be just a broup of friends, a small dinner party. It could be something bigger, businesslike, a 100th birthday party, an anniversary dinner, an annual business dinner, an online meeting when you are the M.C. (master of ceremnies) known in Toastmasters International speakers' club as Toastmasters of the day, which wording applies 24 hours, or a grand wedding.

Alliterative Names For Introductions

Albert is amazing.

Brian has a birthday.

Casey is capable and confident, and correct. Cindy is a smooth, soothing speaker.

David is from Delhi, a diver, deadly. A dreamer.

Evelyn is easy-going.

Fiona is funny and friendly.

Gea is gracious.

Harry is happy and healthy.

Isobel is interesting.

Jeffrey is generous.

Kapil from Kerala.

Louis,

Marvellous Mohammed.

Nora is ...

Oliver from Australia.

Penny, not just a pretty face, a perfectionist, impeccably dressed. Believes in practices.

Queenie is quick-witted.

Roberta is realistic.

Samantha from Singapore. Likes the South.

Shona shares, but is shy, maybe has a shocking secret.

Tony is terrific.

Unwin is unexpected.

Victor is victorious.

Wendy is well-prepared. Willie is wonderful.

Alliteration Game For Guests

After you run out of idea, ask people to give themselves alliterative titles. That way you cannot offend anybody. People are more interested in themselves than anybody else. I tried asking people to create alliterations on other people's names at Agora speakers, then to make alliterations using  their own names at Singapore online and it proved very popular.

Creating Film and Book Titles
A simple way to create film titles is by repeating on word or phrase. The simplest one is north, east, south or west. 

Alliterative Place Names

America has some places with odd names.
Pee Pee township in Ohio.

NORTH WEST
The North evokes images of numbing cold. The South sounds steamy hot and sultry. The East sounds exotic and erotic. The West sounds wonderfully rich, even if it's the Wild West.




I wrote a book called Quick Quotations. (Self published through Lulu.com. I had ten books published by regular pulishers such as barrie & Jenkins and Ward Lock. later I discovered print on demand and self published ten more. When I have mastered e-book pubishing, I hope to match Enid Blyton's book a week.) 

Add a place name to a person's name, or a person's name to a place name. William in the Wild West. The Wild West And William's Hotel.

The title of your book of your travels, or your blog post, can be rewritten for effect. If I don't see my blog posts reaching sufficient numbers, I rewrite the titles.

Film Titles
Amber Alert
Baby Boy
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Black Beauty
North by North West.

Australian Flag.

Place Names

Alliteration is such fun. Let’s take Alliterative Australian place names. I love the list. Should I begin with Beggan Beggan in New South Wales? Remember, I began with Beggan Beggan.

Bang Bang

My favourites are Bang Bang, and Booti Booti. Bang Bang. What are you thinking, boys and girls? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Start a business, Bang Bang motor cars from Bang Bang.

Buy some booty in Booti Booti. Better still, A beauty from Booti Booti. Or for a beauty contest, the beauty from Booti Booti.

Some of these place names are a double delight, a triple delight. The short one or two syllable names fit in alliteration at the start, rhyme at the end - and repetition.

Brit Brit, sounds amusing. If I went there I could say, 'I am a Brit - from Brit Brit.'  

Budgee Budgee.

A place to sell pets. You could open: The Budgee Budgee pet store.

Then there's Dum Dum. Let’s avoid negative thoughts about two too dumb non intellectuals or dumb unable to speak. Think positively about Dumbells in Dum Dum. Alternatively rhyme with rum in Dum Dum or widen the appeal with a run in Dum Dum, and match the double with a Run Run in Dum Dum.

And Durren Durren. Not a place to live if your name is Darren. Imagine the conversation in the pub:

‘G’day. Hello, my name is Darren. I'm from Durren, Durren.’

‘Sure you are. Have another drink, mate.’

Next up: Nap Nap.

Take a nap in Nap Nap. Gil Gil. Go with Gill to Gil Gil.

Gin Gin. Ah, where’s a bar with gin in Gin Gin. 

Gol Gol. Golly, this is Gol Gol.

Gong Gong. I’m going to gong gong. Going going, Gone in Gong Gong.

What can we say about  Greg Greg?

‘I am Greg, from Greg Greg.’

‘Have some more grog, Greg from Greg Greg.’

Guda Guda, that must be a good place. Who could resist The Guda Guda guest house. I wonder if they have one. 

Then theres Jil Jil in Victoria. A place to live if your name is Jill.

‘I am Jill, from Jil Jil.’ 

‘Sorry – say that again.

‘How long have you had this problem. You should join Toastmasters.’

Then there's Jim Jim Falls. Does he really? Jim from Jim Jim, falls.

What about Ma, from Ma Ma Creek? Now ma is getting older, she creaks a bit.

Mia Mia, in Victoria. Mama Mia, it’s Mia from Mia Mia.  A good place for an Italian restaurant.

Or take a picture of Mia Mia to decorate an Italian restaurant anywhere. 

You could even run a trail from one amusingly names place with signposts to another. But would locals be grateful? Not necessarily. But some New Zealanders are campaigning against airports and motorways and bringing in tourists to spoil their peace and quiet backwaters. Some people in Wanaka, an hour from Queenstown So, forget tourism and articles on tourism. Think about amusing speeches,

Articles on language, businesses borrowing the name online or seeking inspiration for a new name,

I’ll be back in a min min. 

Moona Moona creek. and Mona Mona Mission. Mooney Mooney. mooning or money. Mori Morri. and Nap Nap Marra.

Will you nap in Nap Nap Marra today or tomorrow?

What about Wat Wat. In Victoria. Or will you go to Will Will Rook, in Victoria. Or, maybe you would prefer Wood Wood, spelled w o o d,in the city of Swan Hill.

And Woy Woy, aboriginal for deep water or lagoon. And Wyn Wyn, a win win situation, spelled with a y.  And Yabba Yabba and Yagga Yagga. Plenty of fine names.

Easier for me than place names in Singapore, like Dhoby Ghaut, Tan Kah Key, and Chong Pang, not to be confused with Cheng San.

The Australians have a place called Wool Wool. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes. But with Wool Wool over both eyes, I don’t stand a chance. 

Finally, you can yo yo between Yo Yo and other cities. It is spelled Yeo Yeo but pronounced Yo Yo. That's all right then. 



European Alliterative Names
Europe has a sprinkling of alliterative place names. Germany can boast of Baden-Baden. 


Spain has Torres Torres. Torres means Tower.

Alliterative Personal Names

Singapore flag.

Back in Singapore I have a friend called Mi Mi.

I remember our first conversation.

I asked, ‘Who's that?’

She replied, ‘It’s Mi Mi.’

‘Yes, but who are you?’

‘I'm Mi Mi. my name, spelled M I M I.’ 

Another repeating name is the Chinese (Mandarin) name Shan Shan, meaning mountain mountain, or mountains.

Finally, Speech Titles
How to be happy in  - where? How to be happy in Hawaii. How to be happy at home. How to stay happy on holiday. How to have a happy marriage.

Quiz On Alliterative Books
Name five books with alliterative titles
1
2
3
4
5

Here are some hints on alliterative book titles
B B
F F
P and P
Q Q
S S
S and S

Sources
I have a forthcoming e-book on alliteration, full of amusing titles and games for adults, children and parties and education and business brainstorming.

About the author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. I caption my photos with alliteration. For example,  Big Butterfly.

I and my family have lived in the UK, Spain, the USA and Singapore. I am a travel writer and photographer and teacher of English A level and English as a foreign language.

Please come to a Toastmasters International Club where the English clubs have a language evaluator or grammarian.  We also have French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and other language clubs based in Singapore and many more online around the world which because of Covid-19 are now meeting online.

I am Immediate Past President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting on Zoom the first Wednesday of the month but  the third Saturday afternoon and occasionally on other Wednesdays our workshops are on app learncool.sg 

Incoming president Faith from July 1st 2020 could change dates and platforms so please contact the club.

learncool.sg

Or quicker to type and easier to remember: 

 tinyurl.com/BHACOOL

For language lovers:Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_Australian_place_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reduplicated_New_Zealand_place_names

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogs
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
translate.google.com
duolingo.com

I hope you will buy my books.

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Alliteration Tips For Travelling Toastmasters and MCs: A Marvellous Monday and more alliterations

Arriving at a new venue to be an MC (master of ceremonies) or Toastmaster of the Day or Evening is a challenge, especially when faced with a lot of strange names.

What can you do?

1 Name Badges For All
Ask for all the visitors and members and organizers to wear badges. Make sue the names are large enough to see. I have been known to invest a pound or dollar or two in a roll of address labels and a broad tip felt tip pen.

2 Your Own name Badge
Wear your own name badge. Send a picture of yourself with your name badge so that everyone gets the idea that if they don't wear theirs they will be upstaged by you.

3 VIP name Badges
Ask appointment holders to wear their own name badges.
Ask the organizer to print name badges, with the organization's logo - much smarter than hand written.

4 Writing Badges In Advance
Failing all else, to save time at the meeting, write the names in advance on your roll of address labels. Writing out the names and checking the spelling will help you remember them.

5 Pronunciation
Say the names aloud. If you are not sure of the pronunciation, email and ask.

Prepare A Jolly Opening
An alliterative opening can be planned in advance for the day of the week.

Super Saturday
Special Sunday
Marvellous Monday
Terrific Tuesday
Wonderful Wednesday
Thoughtful Thursday
Fantastic Friday

Alliterative Introductions
Start with a Warm Welcome to everybody.

Plan some alliterative introductions. If you can make them fit the personalities, so much the better. Some of them will fit. If they are totally opposite, this can create humour.

Ask for three words to describe each person, their country, profession, hobby.
You can ask if the speaker likes or dislikes something.
"Cathy - do you like cooking?"
You then, according to her answer, continue, "Cathy, who loves cooking / Cathy who hates cooking ..."

Amusing, Angelic Angela. Alex. Alluring Alicia.
Brilliant Brian begins the evening. Bea (pronounced be or bee) whose motto is, 'Be prepared!'.
Conscientious Catherine. Cath the cook.
Charming Chan.
Debonair David is dashing on stage. Dynamic.
Efficient Elizabeth. Earnest who never ers.
Funny Fiona. Frank in Finance. (First / Finally ..) Fast but never furious.
Gorgeous Gertrude. Genial Gina.
Happy Harriet. Handsome Harry. Help me welcome ..
Idealistic Irene. Innovative Ingrid.
Jolly Jennifer. Jovial John.
Kate the Clever one.
Lovely Linda. Lawrence the Life Coach. Last but not least. Lionel the listener.
Marvellous Michael. Mary/ Maria, the mother of five.
Nora is next.
Omniscient Oliver.
Pretty Penny. Peter the plumber. Please applaud Penny.
Philip the father of Three.
Queenie, the quick one.
Reliable Richard. Rich Richard.
Successful Susan, our Secretary. (Starting with Stephen.)
Tall Thomas. Tiny Thomas. Tim our Treasurer, and timekeeper is on time.
Theo, who we must thank. Thoughtful Theo.
Ursula ... says to err is human, but to Ursula is divine.
Valuable Valerie. Victor the VIP. Visionary
Wonderful William, Welcome to Wendy. Worthy Wong.
Xanthe the zoo keeper.
Yvonne, who believes we can achieve.
Zoe - Glowing Zoe, who likes visiting zoos / hates zoos, will tell us the A to Zed (UK) /A to  Zee (USA) of ....

You can create humour by contradicting what you said about them.
For example:
Queenie the Quick is making her way slowly towards the stage.

Make your own desk nameplate.
You can make a triangular Toblerone shape from a folded piece of blank A4 paper. Folded it twice or more to get the desired shape and thickness. It should stand on its own.

Alternatively, you can stick it together with Sellotape (UK brand of sticky tape) or Blutac. Or look for a paperclip, stapler, or elastic band. Look around to see what is spare or can be borrowed for the duration of the meeting and then returned.

Write your name or position in black felt tip pen.

Carry a washable felt tip pen for writing on white boards and on flipcharts and making your own badge to wear, or desktop name plate.

Or make a three-

Here I am displaying my badge.

sided name card from three business cards.

Useful website
https://www.rhymer.com/eve.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, workshop leader.

   

Prepare for Meeting People with Magic Memory Aids - alliteration of place and people names, repeated letter

Prepare for meeting people by creating an alliteration for their names. This will help you remember their name. Dazzling Dan. You can create a memory aid for the whole name, easier if it is a short name.

PEOPLE NAMES AND ALLITERATION

BEN
Brilliant
Efficient
Nice

My friend Lynda, spelled with a Y.
Yes - Lynda is spelled with a Y.

Carole, spelled with an E.
Carole, yEs, CarolE, spEllEd with an E.

Carol, nO e.

Jon without an H - simple, straightforward, time-saving Jon.

John with an H. He is my Happy JoHn.

These alliterations help you remember both the name and its spelling. Say it three times, look at it, type it out three times.

Send them a message on Facebook, Twitter, email, messenger, each time noting the name and its spelling.  re-read three messages from them, noting the spelling. Tell your family, friends and co-workers how the name is spelled. By this time you should have imprinted it on your memory. Next time they write to you, notice the spelling and reinforce the memory.

When visiting places connected with famous people you also need correct spellings. For example Freddie Mercury. Freddie - I know his first (fIrst, Ist, name ends with IE; but mercurY ends with Y - I wonder why.

CITY NAMES AND MAGIC LETTER MEMORY AIDS
I have just named this system Magic Letter Memory Aids. If you use this title please quote Angela Lansbury's Magic Letter Memory Aids. If I find that it is popular I shall add more city memory aids.
You can do the same trick with people names and place names letters to help remember place names of cities you are visiting or plan to visit.

Hanoi - Magic Memory aid
For example
HaNoi in the North of VietNam.

HA ha - HA-Noi in the North. NOrth.
Where? Oi - HanOI is in the nOrth. Last letter Is I.

Saigon / Ho Chi Minh city - Memory Aid
Saigon in the South (of Vietnam) was renamed Ho Chi Minh city. (The c in city resembles the sound of the s in Saigon and the South.   How do you remember Ho Chi Minh - ho ho ho, I'll check in a MINute, Ho ho ho. HO, ho, ho, not CHInese but VietnaMese in the south of Vietnam. Ho Chi Min - MINd you treat Him with respect - remember the H; He is the national Hero.

See Ho Chi Minh sites in the north, in Hanoi, and in the South, in Ho Chi Minh city.
Ho Chi Minh was the northern revolutionary leader. The family name is Ho, a common name in the country. Chi means will, Chi - remember chI - in English is will wI - ll. Minh is translated into English as light, which also has a silent h. A minute of light or in a minute we will have light.

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Vietnam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/02/where-are-zoroastrians.htmlosts on Vietnam. See my  Please share links to your favourite posts.

The World's Largest Cruise Ship - Symphony of the Seas

Symphony of the Seas. From Wikipedia.

The world's largest ship - like a floating theme park! That's where I'd love to be. Although the phrase largest and ship sounds an ominously combination, reminding me of the Titanic.


What is aboard? Wiki says:

She is able to accommodate 5,518 passengers at double occupancy up to a maximum capacity of 6,680 passengers, as well as a 2,200-person crew.^[6]

Facilities include a children's water park, a full-size basketball court, ice-skating rink, and two 43-foot rock-climbing walls.^[17][18]There is also a 'central park' which contains over 20,000 tropical plants.^[19]

Wow!

Symphony of the seas is smartly alliterative. A flowing phrase.

See the video on YouTube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_of_the_Seas

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

HOW TO WRITE A TRAVEL BLOG

Problem
What is the blog for and where do you start?

Answers
You start by deciding whether your primary aim is to record your holidays or whether you want a money-making blog.

If the former, just start on blogger and change it as you feel.

If you want to start a money-making blog you need to attract readers and advertisers.

Answer these questions:

What country or countries are you covering?
One city, one country, one region or the world?

Who are you? Age and type. Backpacker, business person, couple, family, elderly.

Special interests or requirements: blind, disabled, gay, vegetarian vegan, kosher, halal?

Type of holiday: romantic, shopaholic, gourmet, cultural, sporty?

Do you have any niche interests or hobbies? Music? Painting? Archaeology?

Pick a title which tells readers and advertisers what to expect. Find several alliterative titles.
Pick your country and then a type of holiday, or your type of holiday and then the area.

Check searches. What types of holiday and which words do people search for?

Choosing Which Title
Make a list. Pick your favourite. Ask for votes on Facebook.

Test Marketing
Run two sites with different names and identical content and see which title attracts more readers.
Then close the lesser one and redirect all those readers to the bigger site.

Title Examples
 eg
F
Francine in France.
Four friends in France.
A family of four in France.
France for families.
A French family's travels.
Food Holidays in France.
Free Things To Do In France.

C
Caroline in Croatia.
Couples holidays in Croatia.
Couples holidays in Canada.
Croatia for couples.

M
Maria in Mexico.
The Magic of Mexico.

S
Single travelling in Spain.
Sites in Spain.
Sights in Spain.
Spain for solo travellers.

T
Tom's Travels.

W
Windsurfing worldwide.
Watch me windsurfing worldwide.

PHOTOS
Photos should focus on what you are promoting. Is it yourself?

A Country
Such as Wales

Travel clothing?

Languages?

Food?

Music?

Shopping


Exploring The Outdoors

Events

LINKS
If you are selling something, make links to all media, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and so .on. Your next steps are newsletters and combining with others to be their guest blogger or to have the as your guest blogger.

If you want professional help, please contact me. My background includes writing travel features for newspapers, sub-editing on magazines, copywriting for tourist boards. I have next of kin in marketing, statistics, and SEO (marketing websites).

LINKS
Finally, add links to promote your post and yourself and your business.

SUMMARISE or index
You now know how to include

YOUR MOTTO OR SELF DESCRIPTION OR CONTACT DETAILS
If you are a fellow blogger and want to include me in your guest posts, you can contact me through messenger on Facebook and Whats App.

WHEN TO START AND STOP?
Never mind if you should have started years ago. Wine makers and the Chinese like to quote the saying, The best time to plant was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

When should you stop? When blogging is taking up your whole day and either
a) SUCCESS BUT STRESS
Stressing you out even thought you are doing well at it
b) TIME BUT NO MONEY
Taking up your time but not earning money and you would be better off earning money in the day and doing the blog just in the evening and at weekends. The secret is either to limit your time, or outsource to other writers.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
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