(urth) The Wizard

[David Stockhoff]

      /al·lu·sion//əˈlo͞oZHən/

Noun: 	

 1. Any reference not spelled out or mentioned concretely in a text but
    which inattentive and forgetful people insist on reading
    nevertheless, because they are so confused they forget what book
    they are reading and thus what book they are /not /reading.
 2. The practice of making arguments to such references, esp. as an
    attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of hard-headed realists who
    know better.




On 3/2/2012 1:45 PM, James Wynn wrote:
> Look up the term "allusion".
>
> On 3/2/2012 11:01 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>> In fact, “Silent Silk” and “Silver Silk” are clearly explained in the 
>> text. The claimed association with Dionysus is based on some 
>> syllables of the eponyms resembling syllables in the names of two 
>> fauns, one of whom was associated with Dionysus, and neither of whom 
>> is mentioned anywhere in the text.
>> Wolfe isn’t “riffing hard” on Dionysus, IMO. Some people are 
>> stretching hard on Dionysus.
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