Re: Rhetorical question

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From: Ron Drake
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 00:34

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In article <6819@npri6.npri.com>, eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams)
wrote:
> 
> (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."

Antipodism?

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