[Vision2020] Hyperbole lite/ Harkins/Wenders...

[Ted Moffett]

Dave et. al.

Thanks for your explanation...

Oddly, according to the dictionary, at least in of them, the word "light"
can be used sometimes to mean something similar to "lite" as in "lite
beer."  This seems to allow too much confusion between the meaning of
"light" and "lite."

Perhaps "hyperbole lite" can be used without it being an oxymoron, but
hyperbole by definition is "exaggeration," so how can it be "lite," and
still be exaggeration enough (note use of word "extravagant" in definition
below) to be hyperbole?  The phrase "hyperbole dark" does not suggest that
it is an oxymoron.  Hyperbole can be very very dark indeed without the word
"dark" contradicting the meaning of "hyperbole."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole

*hy·per·bo·le* /haɪˈpɜrbə li/ *Pronunciation Key* - *Show Spelled
Pronunciation*[ hahy-*pur*-b*uh*-lee] *Pronunciation Key* - *Show IPA
Pronunciation*
<https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2Fhyperbole>
*–noun **Rhetoric*.   1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.   2. an
extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken
literally, as "to wait an eternity."
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Ted Moffett, Victimized by English teachers throughout my life (well, OK,
not really throughout my life...This is hyperbole."


On 12/5/06, david sarff <davesway at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I see part of your point Ted.  Any reference to hyperbole, was not
> intended
> to be fixed to Jeff's post. I do apologize, it does read that way.
> Jeff gave references to works with the public utility industry and issues
> relating to the sugar beet industry. These works may be more accurately
> based on measures that are verifiable.
> Given that I've never seen any work by Wenders as hyperbole free,
> hyperbole
> light/lite came to mind. As an exaggeration used for emphasis, it seems a
> functional descriptor, as would the gravity of conceptual Hyperbole Dark,
> which could describe the sort of darkly conscious *excessive throw* that
> Wenders chucked at Sue Hovey and others.
> Dave
>
>
> >
> >Dave wrote:
> >
> >
> >>*hyperbole
> >>light*
> >
> >
> >in regards to Jeff Harkin's post on Wenders.
> >
> >Isn't this an oxymoron?
> >
> >Anyway, Jeff Harkin's post on Wenders struck me as sincere, honest, with
> no
> >intentional exaggeration, or exaggerated figures of speech meant not to
> be
> >taken literally, which is what "hyperbole" is.
> >
> >Or would Jeff like to suggest otherwise?
> >
> >Ted Moffett, resident nit-picker
>
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