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Posted by dorayme on 01/31/50 11:53
In article <pan.2006.07.21.11.15.05.604133@XmbstevensX.com>,
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterX@XmbstevensX.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:53:33 +0100, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
> >>[1] needless to say, I actually made that up. I was using it as a
> >>simile.
> >
> > No you weren't; you were suing it as a metaphor.
>
> Does suing as a metaphor require an imaginary lawyer, or can
> you just take it to the small claims court in Oz?
As it so happens, there is just such a court down under here. Its
lists are chocker block covering cases to do with the use of the
apostrophe, similes and metaphors, the confusion between irony
and sarcasm, and so on are piled up behind... I have appeared
before it myself. I got off with a plea of being Alien.
--
dorayme
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