10 જાન્યુઆરી, 2011

#NoMeta4s.

Twitter takes up arms in the War on Metaphors.

28 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Triangle Man કહ્યું...

Who is going to shine a light on this problem? Will no one drive the message home? This is a slippery slope. Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Peter Hoh કહ્યું...

Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our metaphor was still there.

Triangle Man કહ્યું...

@Peter_Hoh

Similies are next to go. Just wait.

R.L. Hunter કહ્યું...

These are not the metaphors you are looking for.

Triangle Man કહ્યું...

I for one look forward to the sun setting on our long national nightmare of metaphorical speech. Literalism will free us from the bonds of relating thoughts to experiences.

chickelit કહ્યું...

peter hoh said...
Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

Likewise

Peter Hoh કહ્યું...

First they came for the metaphors . . . .

Syllogisms are moving to Canada.

garage mahal કહ્યું...

Don't Retreat. Reload! - Your plumb bobs and leveling instruments.

chickelit કહ્યું...

@Peter_Hoh:

A simile is worth a thousand words.

wv "firtiv": Pining furtivley

David કહ્યું...

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Constipation metaphor.

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Metaphor drives its point home on a two-way street.

(Probably from Richard Harvey Brown _A Poetic for Sociology_ but maybe from Goffman somewhere)

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Simile and the world similes with you.

Metaphor and you metaphor alone.

Peter Hoh કહ્યું...

"I never metaphor I didn't like."

-- Will Rogers

R.L. Hunter કહ્યું...

Is the previous metaphor thread pining for the fjords?

Unknown કહ્યું...

And, by opposing, end them.

In any case, the page ain't there.

David કહ્યું...

I would gladly give up similes if the word "like" could be eliminated for all purposes. Like, now.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"Similes rule. Metaphors drool."

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

R.L. Hunter કહ્યું...

All the world's a simile,
And all the men and women merely metaphors.

chickelit કહ્યું...

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

SiMiLE was the name of another unreleased Beach Boys album in the 1960s. Brian Wilson said in interview at the time that it was like, a teenage symphony to God.

Opus One Media કહ્યું...

just a reminder into metaland..

...1111111111111......

Alex કહ્યું...

Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Dude - stop projecting.

Triangle Man કહ્યું...

Dude - stop projecting

@Alex

I've not been in therapy. What does that mean?

jayne_cobb કહ્યું...

A Dem. Rep. is now trying to get the term "job killing" removed from the ObamaCare repeal bill.

Apparently it is too violent.

Peter Hoh કહ્યું...

If metaphors are outlawed, only outlaws will have metaphors.

fivewheels કહ્યું...

Interviewer: Why didn't you call the police?

Vercotti: Well, I was terrified. Everyone was terrified of Doug. ...

Interviewer: What did he do?

Vercotti: He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious.

DADvocate કહ્યું...

Are metatarsals OK?

Kirby Olson કહ્યું...

If you bring the knife, I will bring the spoon, fork, and tea set.

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