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Old February 4th 08, 05:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Stefan" wrote in message
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Dan Luke schrieb:
In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy
parsing and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", ...


Although English is not my native language, I did understand it


Then perhaps you'd like to explain it.

and the sentence fits perfectly the definition of an oxymoron.


No. An oxymoron is one thing composed of two contrary things that
refer to one another. The sentence contains two things that do not
modify or refer to each other.

Wikipedia: An oxymoron ... is a *figure of speech* that combines two
normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a loanword from Greek oxy
("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Thus the word oxymoron is itself an
oxymoron. Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called
contradictions in terms. What distinguishes oxymorons from other
paradoxes and contradictions is that they are used intentionally, for
rhetorical effect, and the contradiction is only apparent, as the
combination of terms provides a novel expression of some concept, such
as "cruel to be kind".

Hmm, I see that oxymoron sounds pretty similar to moron.


Really?

Gosh!


It obviously stirred a memory.


Bertie