Althouse: Ambiguity.

May 22, 2012

Ambiguity.

Do you need an explanation?

13 comments:

edutcher said...: Ann seems to fall in and out of love with ambiguity.; 5/22/12, 10:07 AM
ndspinelli said...: She's an ambiquity relativist.; 5/22/12, 10:13 AM
Mark O said...: Ambiguity is a wonderful hiding place. Especially for those who believe themselves to be unfathomably brilliant, yet do not want to be challenged.

If you know what I mean.; 5/22/12, 10:18 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: But is the truth, as Hitchcock observes, in the box? No, there isn't room, the ambiguity has put on weight.; 5/22/12, 10:19 AM
ndspinelli said...: Mark O, I know EXACTLY what you mean.; 5/22/12, 10:20 AM
Carl Vero said...: I'll rise to the occasion, bear with me:

It's all about the President
And the things he does so well –
It's apparent, he's transparent
He's about ethnicity.
His cavorting, his distorting
His lie-ability;
Is it just his outer shell?

The current White House resident
And the things only he can do –
His stimulating, his vibrating
The economy to a mess.
We should concede, his food stamp-ede:
His only great success;
Are people better off – are you?

It's all about the incumbent guy
And his AMBIGUOUS lore –
He's a Christlamist turned narcissist
But still a devotee.
He's Kenyan, he's Hawaiian
Even partly Cherokee;
Does he really have a core?; 5/22/12, 10:25 AM
Scott said...: Nihilism means nothing to the dancing peasants.; 5/22/12, 10:25 AM
Scott said...: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.; 5/22/12, 10:27 AM
Jaq said...: Ambiguity has its place, especially in art, since it allows for a more personal interpretation, but in economics, poker (after all, you have to pay to see if somebody is bluffing), etc.

Using fiction techniques in politics though, is known as lying.; 5/22/12, 11:26 AM
Ken B said...: What has Johannes Brahms go to do with this?; 5/22/12, 12:11 PM
Dave said...: "Carl Vero said .....Does he really have a core?"

When writing strophic poetry rhythm and rhyme schemes follow a pattern which with some exceptions remains consistent in each strophe or verse.

Your attempt excels at being completely inconsistent. Rhyme and rhythm demonstrate a complete lack of competency. (Verse I rhyme scheme ABACDCB, Verse II ABCDECB - rhythm Verse I 7787867, Verse II 8898878) That said, the actual text is pathetic.

Don't give up your day job!; 5/22/12, 12:52 PM
JackOfClubs said...: I love ambiguity more than most linguists.; 5/22/12, 1:09 PM
John said...: Darn, I wanted to be the first to identify Brahms!

But seriously, how does he figure into this?; 5/22/12, 3:36 PM