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Article #1099Re: Rhetorical question
From: D Preziosi
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:20
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:20
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In article 18736@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu, jern@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Bob Jernigan) writes: > In article <6819@npri6.npri.com>, eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams) writes: > |> (I'm surprised there's no group devoted to rhetoric... Maybe we > |> don't get it. Maybe *I* don't get it. Oh, well...) > |> > |> Does anyone out there know of a rhetorical term (or maybe a logical > |> one) for a statement that may be interpreted two different ways, > |> with the result being the same basic meaning? For instance, a > |> sign reads: > |> > |> "No smoking section inside." > |> > > Try "double entendre". Double entendre? A double entrendre is composed specifically for the purpose of punning, with a sub- or secondary meaning that is usually ironic or dirty.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!concert!rutgers!zeus.ieee.org!venu.ep.ieee.org!dprezios From: dprezios@ep.ieee.org (D Preziosi) Newsgroups: misc.writing Subject: Re: Rhetorical question Message-ID: <1992Dec30.152011.22802@zeus.ieee.org> Date: 30 Dec 92 15:20:11 GMT References: <1992Dec29.205917.18736@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Sender: news@zeus.ieee.org (Usenet News) Reply-To: dprezios@ep.ieee.org Organization: IEEE, New York, NY Lines: 19 Nntp-Posting-Host: venu.ep.ieee.org