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- 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>
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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".
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- 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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