Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: HenHanna Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Subject: Re: ( Antimetabole, Chiasmus ) ---- Correctly =?UTF-8?B?R3JvdXBlZD8=?= Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 20:31:30 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="204106"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="t+lO0yBNO1zGxasPvGSZV1BRu71QKx+JE37DnW+83jQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Face: P#KeQ)CUdd!==@fw~Ms1=,Hb`IWtb6:Mw)x3B=H1BfNC\lz?Nb&)M9}$>?'X7l;CuB}utlJ=PHsRBSG6X>dYZ$[>P]$~+`>@V6$t}hTLoQ7XC~W\>:`B3ALU]SH;d(\MEc}znW8m}-ma&yPFkJ2@KSQrz=!Y;><;6a>z6N+mt`ClCt.PAE On 5/04/2024 11:46 p.m., Ammammata wrote: >> HenHanna formulated on Friday : >>> Here's why: -- Antimetabole involves the repetition >>>                    of the same words in a reversed  order >> >> I read this somewhere, maybe related to someone brain: >> >> On the left there's nothing right, on the right there's nothing left. > ....or a political situation? > I guess it's like the old Soviet joke: > There's no news in "Truth", and no truth in "News". > *There were two major national newspapers in the USSR: > - "Pravda" [truth], published by the Central Committee of the > Communist Party, largely devoted to party policy > - "Izvestia" [news], published by the Supreme Soviet (government), > mainly foreign news > There's no news in "Truth", and no truth in "News". the 2nd part is what Trump has been saying for several years. > ---------- > Or is it like: > I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy > ? did you hear the one about Horticulture? Why is there so much affinity between ( Antimetabole, Chiasmus ) and Wit? ---------- i suppose Freud has already analyzed that well in his famous book. (posting only in rec.puzzles)