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An idle passing thought, engendered by "past" and "and a pest" in the restimulative thread.
The next association is "anapest."
But anapest is a dactyl.
Iamb is a trochee. So is dactyl, for that matter.
And so it goes...
Couldn't the Greeks have been more self-consistent?
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Iamb is a trochee. - That used to be different, last century, when I went to school ![](http://wordsmith.org/board/images/graemlins/wink.gif) . But with all the reforms that have happened since, who knows...
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"Heterological," which I believe is the Official Definition of the concept.
Does that make Heterological an implied oxymoron?
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Yes, and you're even listing #7 on Onelook.com !
-The following sentence is true. -The preceding sentence is false. ---Hofstadter
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Yes, and you're even listing #7 on Onelook.com !
-The following sentence is true. -The preceding sentence is false. ---Hofstadter
Don't let the cat out of the bag. -- Schrödinger's Mum.
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-The following sentence is true. -The preceding sentence is false. ---Hofstadter
Don't let the cat out of the bag. -- Schrödinger's Mum.
...and if no one is there to hear what Schrödinger says, is it true or not?
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