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In article <fstuart.921230205341@lab16.eng.auburn.edu>, fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart) 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."
> [etc]
> 
> On a related note, what about a term for a statement that has a contrary
> meaning?  For example, there is a sign in a local parking lot that reads:
> 
>                            NO PARKING
>                          PERMIT REQUIRED
> 
> 
> Frank Stuart           |   grep: dead.trees: Permission denied
> fstuart@eng.auburn.edu |   MMMMmmmmm, Soylent Green

Since the responses I've seen so far have been examples rather than an answer
to the question here is another:

A sign on the outside of a bear cage in Cherokee, NC reads:

	BEARS BITE
        HANDS OFF

While it has dual meaning it could be true for either meaning.
I suppose you would call it a dichotomy. A little punctuation 
seems to be the cure (in all of the above?).

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