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On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 20:54:37 +0000, Carl G. wrote:
On 6/2/2025 12:19 PM, HenHanna wrote:
"a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
Most of my life... I've thought that there's something a bit weird
going on
in this Slogan.
because of the Subj. and Obj. of the action of Wasting. -- as in
Hypallage
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Mirriam-Webster has the following:
(hy· pal· la· ge): an interchange of two elements in a phrase or
sentence from a more logical to a less logical relationship
(as in "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" for "to waste a mind is a
terrible thing")
When you have trouble watching your weight, a waist is a terrible thing
to mind.
---------- Excellent! Is that your original???
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(Hypallage) , according to 1 very reliable source,
can mean
one of 4 different things.
1. ..................
2. Metonymy.
3. Gram., "a change in the relation of words by which a word,
instead of agreeing with the case it logically qualifies, is made to
agree grammatically with another case" (Smyth, Greek Grammar, p. 678).
4. Sometimes used to describe a deliberately misapplied epithet,
as when, in a well-rehearsed mistake, Churchill referred to the "in-
fernal combustion engine."
----- it would go nicely with Inflatulatable Mnemonic
Tires.
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(as in "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" for "to waste a mind is a
terrible thing")
---------- i dont get this example...
Probably something that's related to
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