Blogcritics: Comments on Dog by Michelle Herman

Comment by DrPat

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:30:49 EDT

Try the HTML "poetic license" tag - it marks your intention clearly. 'Course, most users fail to append the closing tag, thus rendering all subsequent comments as sarcasm... < /pl >

Comment by Victor Plenty

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:24:31 EDT

Guess I'd better surrender my poetic license. Clearly I failed to make it clear I was also indulging in a bit of humorous exaggeration for the purpose of levity in an attempt to be funny. Perhaps a new strategy is in order, called for, and necessary at this time. Perhaps I should state every key point several times, phrased in slightly different ways, over and over again, repeatedly. That could make my intended meanings and meant intentions more transparent, more clear, and more visible. Rhetorical redundancy. It's not just for advertisements anymore. And it costs less than the more expensive brands.

Comment by DrPat

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:14:36 EDT

Oh, Victor, there's music and film here, too - that's why the chuckle following my comment... At least we sometimes talk about books as if they matter.

Comment by Victor Plenty

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:20:04 EDT

Nothing but books and Michael Jackson.

Comment by DrPat

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:35:40 EDT

She had imagined a world in which people spoke of, thought of, nothing but books... Too bad she never stumbled onto BlogCritics! [grin]