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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Are you one of the 67? #182005 01/24/2009 9:09 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Language Log had a post discussing the Inaugural Address, and it included this passage. I thought of Wordsmith Talk because I know that many terms of rhetoric have been discussed here: Quote: Kennedy was the last president who could comfortably dip into the rich stew of classical figures of speech. “Not as a call to battle, though embattled we are” — that would be both chiasmus and polyptoton. Rhetoricians have been botanizing this stuff for millennia, and by now there's no way to put two words together that doesn't have a Greek label, kept alive by a thin line of English department pedants. There are 67 people in America who live for this stuff. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? latishya #182006 01/24/2009 3:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's the link to Geoff Nunburg's post: link to Geoff Nunberg's post Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? tsuwm #182017 01/25/2009 5:59 AM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Interesting stuff. Thanks. There are 6819 members here, some are interested, certainly more than 67. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 01/25/2009 5:33 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? LukeJavan8 #182048 01/26/2009 1:33 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando I beleive that number (67) was offered "tongue-in-cheek". Remember, 27% of all statistics are made up on the spot. "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? ParkinT #182049 01/26/2009 1:56 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY twosleepy old hand twosleepy old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 876 western NY Originally Posted By: ParkinT Remember, 27% of all statistics are made up on the spot. I believe that's a bit higher, say, 41%... ;0) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? ParkinT #182056 01/26/2009 6:53 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: ParkinT I beleive that number (67) was offered "tongue-in-cheek". Remember, 27% of all statistics are made up on the spot. Ya think?? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? LukeJavan8 #182074 01/27/2009 2:18 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Originally Posted By: ParkinT I beleive that number (67) was offered "tongue-in-cheek". Remember, 27% of all statistics are made up on the spot. Ya think?? Yeah, and the other 73% don't mean a thing. One thing's for sure, those 67 have all posted here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Are you one of the 67? The Pook #182080 01/27/2009 5:01 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water And who polls the pollsters? ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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