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Woah, woah, woah.
What's all this shit-talking about rhetoric?
What's all this shit-talking about rhetoric?
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[quote name='The Crotch']Woah, woah, woah.
What's all this shit-talking about rhetoric?[/QUOTE]
I've always thought there was a connotation in rhetoric of something unprovable or unassailable that assumes the correctness of the speaker and doesn't invite real conversation, like the term "rhetorical question". See 2b below from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Main Entry: rhet·o·ric
Pronunciation: \ˈre-tə-rik\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English rethorik, from Anglo-French rethorique, from Latin rhetorica, from Greek rhētorikē, literally, art of oratory, from feminine of rhētorikos of an orator, from rhētōr orator, rhetorician, from eirein to say, speak — more at word
Date: 14th century
1 : the art of speaking or writing effectively: as a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times b : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion
2 a : skill in the effective use of speech b : a type or mode of language or speech; also : insincere or grandiloquent language
3 : verbal communication : discourse
What's all this shit-talking about rhetoric?[/QUOTE]
I've always thought there was a connotation in rhetoric of something unprovable or unassailable that assumes the correctness of the speaker and doesn't invite real conversation, like the term "rhetorical question". See 2b below from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Main Entry: rhet·o·ric
Pronunciation: \ˈre-tə-rik\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English rethorik, from Anglo-French rethorique, from Latin rhetorica, from Greek rhētorikē, literally, art of oratory, from feminine of rhētorikos of an orator, from rhētōr orator, rhetorician, from eirein to say, speak — more at word
Date: 14th century
1 : the art of speaking or writing effectively: as a : the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics of ancient times b : the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion
2 a : skill in the effective use of speech b : a type or mode of language or speech; also : insincere or grandiloquent language
3 : verbal communication : discourse
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[quote name='The Crotch']I doubt it. The mods probably only noticed it because things got a little out of hand in this thread and some posts were deleted. See: depascal's temp-banning.[/QUOTE]
I was wondering what happened.
I was wondering what happened.
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