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- From: judy_k@cho006.cho.ge.com
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Rhetorical question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.120743.561@cho006.cho.ge.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 12:07:43 EDT
- References: <6819@npri6.npri.com> <fstuart.921230205341@lab16.eng.auburn.edu>
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- Organization: GE Fanuc Automation, North America
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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?).
-
- ---
- Ken Judy ><> My five year old son asked me what does this
- GE Fanuc Charlottesville, VA spell? An h, an i and an unside-down i. What?
- judy_k@cho006.cho.GE.COM Let me see that. Oh. It says, hi! :)
-