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>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 00:03:06 -0400
>From: Wordsmith <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: A.Word.A.Day--aposiopesis
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>ap.o.si.o.pe.sis n., pl. -ses [LLat. <Gk. aposiopesis  <aposiopan, to
>   become silent: apo-  (intensive) + siopan,  to be silent <siope,
>   silence] A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence,
>   as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue.
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>   `On the Genealogy of Morals'.(book reviews)., Vol. 70, The Germanic Review,
>   09-01-1995, pp 177(2).
>   "Scheier is concerned with form and Allison focuses `on Nietzsche's
>   rhetorical use of aposiopesis,' that is, of becoming silent."
>   Spector, Stanley J., Nietzsche, Genealogy, Morality: Essays on Nietzsche's
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>This week's theme: Figures of Speech.
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>We know the human brain is a device to keep the ears from grating on one
>another. -Peter de Vries
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