2005-09-01

undyingking: (Default)
2005-09-01 01:28 pm
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MP3 players -- geek wisdom sought

I'm thinking about getting an MP3 player, but rather than go into the tiresome business of researching the market myself, I thought I'd see if any of you guys are reasonably up to speed and could make recommendations!

Specs sought )
undyingking: (Default)
2005-09-01 01:46 pm
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Mo's Rather Interesting World of Figures of Speech and Other Rhetorical Devices

#2 in an occasional series -- your challenge is to use it at least once today.

Epizeuxis



Literally, something like "joining together".

Means: repetition for the purpose of emphasis. Actually there are heaps of terms for various kinds of repetition, but this is the simplest kind: repetition of the same word or words with nothing inbetween. An example might be the plaintive cry of people who write in to Points of View, wondering "Why oh why oh why does the BBC..."

This is a pretty good device -- although maybe not as rhetorically impressive as some of the other kinds of repetition, it certainly drives its point home.