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OK. I'll bite:
I searched high and low for a definition of proper oxymoron as opposed
toimproper oxymoron
I found:
a) Oxymoron (Logic): A logical expression that contradicts itself (see
Epimenides: All people from Crete are lying).
b) A
Darell, wherefore art thou?
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Volker Bandke has asked for citations for my
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probably I am totally stupid today, but how does this Wikipedia articelette
~ [1] describe the difference between the
paper table cloth
or
bitter sweet
as improper oxymoron, against the Lancelot quotation as a proper one?
Oh well, this is OT
Wherefore means why, not where.
See: http://www.allshakespeare.com/quotes/256
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Subject: Re: oxymora, proper and improper
the rare linguistic category known as Janus words, which are individual
words that can mean either X or the opposite of X, depending on context and
intent.
Is there a category for NewJersey words? words that defy comprehension
without the local key (accent):
Toimerl as in, my
Paul Gilmartin writes:
I hadn't understood that; I'm not sure I do yet. Can you enlighten us with
examples of a fully
legitimate oxymoron and a conventional, illegitimate oxymoron.
Proper oxymora are not far to seek. A famous double one is Tennyson's.
Writing of Lancelot, already
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