(urth) The Wizard

[James Wynn]

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On 3/2/2012 1:01 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>
>      /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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