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18 Oct 05 - 11:54 PM (#1585913) Subject: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Mark Cohen It would seem self-evident that the indirect allusion to a particular phenomenon or entity without precisely allocating a literal connotation or denotation, as it were, to its presence in any definite sort of context is a practice that may not be unlike other less-than-ideal rhetorical constructs, which, however valid they may be considered by those with an osseous relic to dissect, are nevertheless honored more in the, shall we say, breach than in the verifiable concrete happenstance that might otherwise be noted. Aloha, Mark |
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19 Oct 05 - 12:55 AM (#1585924) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Elmer Fudd Are you sure you weren't aiming for the "Pot and Brain Health" thread there, ol' buddy? Aloha comin' back atcha, Elmer |
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19 Oct 05 - 02:43 AM (#1585964) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Gurney Eschew obfuscation, wot I say. |
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19 Oct 05 - 04:44 AM (#1585998) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: GUEST,CrazyEddie Desist from prevaricating about the bush! |
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19 Oct 05 - 05:10 AM (#1586007) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: gnu Agreed. Er, ah.. I would like to proffer my reinforcement of this apperception, one might submit elemental tautological hypothesis, as it were, with it's constituent... Ahyup. |
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19 Oct 05 - 07:14 AM (#1586060) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Pied Piper Such an erudite rotational perambulation around the core off an otherwise intractable causal problem might indeed allow for successive approximation to the answer, by travelling as it were in ever decreasing circles. PP |
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19 Oct 05 - 07:54 AM (#1586079) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Strollin' Johnny The feline mammal assumed a sedentary posture upon the interwoven rectangle of secondary floor covering. |
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19 Oct 05 - 10:53 AM (#1586200) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Stilly River Sage Very nice turn turn turn of phrase, Mark. |
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19 Oct 05 - 11:35 AM (#1586236) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Bill D Expediency sometimes requires that indirect referential locution be judiciously applied when the juxtaposition of concepts cannot be ascertained to provide adequate allocation of polysyllabic ambiguous circumlocution, which could result in excessive and disquieting comprehension among the ubiquitous participants in the endeavor. |
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19 Oct 05 - 11:51 AM (#1586250) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Dead Horse And here's me thinking that circumlocution was the practise of lopping ones foreskin off with a hotwire gun! Silly me. |
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19 Oct 05 - 11:59 AM (#1586262) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: GUEST,Chief Chaos Shouldn't that post be on the "Vasectomy Stories" thread, Deadhorse? |
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19 Oct 05 - 12:13 PM (#1586281) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Bee-dubya-ell This particular manifestation of digital communication is achieving the undesired result of increasing the relative pressure within my cranial structure so as to produce a heightened sense of physical distress typified by sensations analagous to those that would be produced if the major percussionist from a philharmonic symphony were to assume residence within said cranial structure. Perhaps it would be judicious and thoroughly appropriate if I were to partake of a generous portion of acetylsalicylic acid followed by a modicum of dihydrogen-monoxide. |
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19 Oct 05 - 12:29 PM (#1586294) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Charmion I spend my days at work turning this crap into plain English. Yuck! |
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19 Oct 05 - 12:55 PM (#1586331) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: frogprince Dead Horse, you missed the obvious; circumlocution means talking ones foreskin off. |
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19 Oct 05 - 01:02 PM (#1586339) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Joe Offer I would like to say this about that:
-Joe Offer- |
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19 Oct 05 - 01:57 PM (#1586363) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: pdq Now that Mark Cohen lives in the oh-so-hip Santa Cruz Mountains of California, ain't "Aloha" a bit out of place? The good doctor needs a new salute that befits his new home (near Ben Lomond, wasn't it?). May I humbly suggest "Like, redwoods to ya, dudes". Or maybe "happy banana slugs!" OK, OK. I'll keep working on it... |
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19 Oct 05 - 03:23 PM (#1586422) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Joe Offer Hmmm. Don't know that I would think of The Good Dr. Cohen as "hip." He's far too casual to be "hip." I'm not comfortable with "hip" people, and Mark is a very comfortable person to be with. -Joe Offer- |
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19 Oct 05 - 09:37 PM (#1586675) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Stilly River Sage Cute, too! :) (Which has nothing to do with anything) |
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19 Oct 05 - 10:40 PM (#1586702) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Ebbie Dr. Mark, if you are speaking of firearms, as you indisputably must be, the word is 'breech', not breach. Glad I understood enough to help you out there. |
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19 Oct 05 - 10:58 PM (#1586715) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: bobad Is that an osseous relic in your breeches or are you just riant to make my occular acquaintance? |
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19 Oct 05 - 11:21 PM (#1586726) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Joe Offer Nope, The Good Doctor means "breach," (infraction or violation) - NOT pants or pantaloons or parts of shotguns. What's making you think of shotguns and men's pants, Ebbie? -Joe Offer- |
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20 Oct 05 - 02:14 AM (#1586779) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Mark Cohen The Good Doctor resides in Santa Clara (and so do I). That's in the flats of the South Bay, not in the Santa Cruz mountains. But not far away. Frogprince gets the prize on this thread--brilliant! My favorite circumlocution: "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to be otherwise." (And the source of the quote is...?) Aloha, Mark (You don't let go of the islands that easily--even if it's hard to find fresh Hanalei poi here.) |
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20 Oct 05 - 08:08 AM (#1586858) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Strollin' Johnny Hmmm, you think yourbody everyself, don't I? :-) |
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20 Oct 05 - 10:01 AM (#1586950) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Stilly River Sage Perhaps Mark hatched that thought during A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach? |
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20 Oct 05 - 10:29 AM (#1586984) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: GUEST,crazy little woman But ya'll are mistaking sesquidpedlianism (use of words a foot-and-a-half-long)for circumlocution (tactful or duplicitous avoiding of the straightforward). Circumlocution would be saying, "The humidity in the house is variable. I believe your instruments have shifted while in play." Instead of "Would you please tune those damn things?" I leave it to someone else to compose a sesquipedlian form. |
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20 Oct 05 - 11:03 AM (#1586999) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Mark Cohen Touche, clw. I wondered if anyone would notice. Actually, there was a little bit of both--with a fair amount of obfuscation to boot. Aloha, Mark |
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20 Oct 05 - 01:16 PM (#1587082) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: GUEST,Chief Chaos From my dictionary: Circumlocution - Bush administration answers to the press corps |
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21 Oct 05 - 12:49 AM (#1587532) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Mark Cohen Maggie, you got it, of course. (And almost got me as well--I didn't catch it the first time around.) I wonder if anyone else knows. Aloha, Mark |
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21 Oct 05 - 02:36 PM (#1587903) Subject: RE: BS: Circumlocution: pros and cons From: Stilly River Sage Between the lint-trap brain and Google, oh the places you'll go! (There are some genetics involved in the interest in seeking such answers!) |