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Article #1488humorous juxtaposition (was Re: Raising Funds ...)
From: Clifford T. Matthews
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 02:56
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 02:56
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"... I don't require jack shit, my excitable boy, with the sole exception that men live up to their billing. ... cordially, ..." The irony is subtle once you realize that there is more than one meaning of "cordially." When used at the closing of a letter, it usually means "warmly and genially affable." However, "cordially" also encompasses "sincerely or deeply felt". It appears that we have a word, "cordially," used as a billing--describing the contents of the letter containing it--in a manner that clashes with the images that the word typically conjures. --Cliff[ord T. Matthews] ctm@ardi.com
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!lynx!unmvax!ctm From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews) Subject: humorous juxtaposition (was Re: Raising Funds ...) Message-ID: <1993Jan4.025624.7173@unmvax.cs.unm.edu> Followup-To: /dev/null Sender: ctm@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Clifford T. Matthews) Organization: ARDI Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 02:56:24 GMT Lines: 20