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geez, i don't think of myself as totally dumb, but this ft thing i'm reading on the inaugural address is testing me....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Jan 20 '17, 12:15

i just had to look up what the hell chiasmus and symploce meant just to get thru the thing. he was at least nice enough to define syntheton in the text.

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I'd probably have stopped reading, unless it was done in a william f. buckley, jr., twinkle-in-eye way. pretentiousness like that gets me. -- nm - b. Jan 20, 12:47 1
- "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 20, 12:52
He was only faking being a simpleton talking like a 5th grader? -- nm - Z2G2 Jan 20, 12:38
Most frequent use of chiasmus on ST - rollo Jan 20, 12:25 1
- heh....nm - x Jan 20, 12:32
Right click, look up. But is it worth it for words you'll never see again? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:16 1
- Hah, doesn't work on syntheton. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 12:17

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