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Quote:
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Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself.
I am large. I contain multitudes. 
(always good to see a Whitman quote by a fellow linguaphile)
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is that fallacy?
The way I see it, "pathetic fallacy" is a set technical term which should not be plucked apart. Quite obviously, as such it lacks the negative connotations of pathetic as well as fallacy.
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Being in Nigeria at this time can be very interresting as the harmatan in around the corner. A time of chill cold. This is a time tourists will enjoy.
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I'm with wsieber on this one. The term refers to the fact that in the real world, nature does not modify the weather in order to complement the pathos of a human situation. This is not to say that there is anything wrong with an author of fiction making the weather do whatever they want it to do in a certain scene for dramatic effect.
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> harmatan
welcome, Sonnie! I hadn't heard the term harmattan before. but then I don't know anything about Twi!
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From Gurunet:
har·mat·tan (här'mə-tăn', här-măt'n)
n.
A dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.
[Akan (Twi) haramata, possibly from Arabic ḥarām, evil thing, from ḥarama, to prohibit.]
Yes, welcome, Sonnie; we've not had a person posting from Nigeria before--that I knew of, anyway. Cool!
(Dang--just previewed; sorry about the numbers; dunno what to do about them other than delete, which would leave something to be desired in the copy I think.)
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> not had a person posting from Nigeria before lemme see, is that: not had (a person from Nigeria) posting before ~ or, not had a person (posting from Nigeria) before ? I ask naturally only from my natal interest in Kaduna! Welcome Sonnie. 
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Mav!!
Who turned your rock over??
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hiya Fong  Just regained web connection from home after a hiatus that dragged out to a few weeks, coincident with madbad spell at work which swallowed all spare minutes in the dayze. Good to see your fonts again! Much love to Betsy too.
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