tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post5624462280881947970..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Developing Belshaw's bucket list 2 - what is a bucket list?Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-23357992869180045732015-08-03T13:29:06.990+10:002015-08-03T13:29:06.990+10:00Thanks, kvd. Interesting and expanded my English v...Thanks, kvd. Interesting and expanded my English vocab. Explains a lot too. Think about the traditional wedding vows as a total series of merisms, instead of dropping out tons of it and simply leaving in "for as long as we both shall live".<br /><br />And therein lies the rhetorical aspect. A merism has poetry.2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-9009785558402220572015-08-02T11:56:47.454+10:002015-08-02T11:56:47.454+10:00You remain an education, kvd! Perhaps he needs a b...You remain an education, kvd! Perhaps he needs a bucket list? Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-48003262269479072192015-08-02T11:37:10.582+10:002015-08-02T11:37:10.582+10:00Yes, sorry Jim - should have given the reference.
...Yes, sorry Jim - should have given the reference.<br /><br />I actually got there from this page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm - which led me to the "legal doublets" article, which I think then mentioned the merisms. Think AC might like a browse also, if she is into the weirdities of 'English as a Stupid Language' as Neil taught.<br /><br />Which reminds me that I met a fellow recently with his dog - called "ghoti" - and he went thru a laborious explanation regarding its pronunciation - "fish". I was able to tell him that in fact attribution to one GBS is incorrect. He expressed surprise that somebody else "in over 10 yesrs I've been explaining it, had actually heard of it.<br /><br />I walked away thinking there are more productive things to do with one's last 10 years. Which actually gets me right back on your topic :)<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-91937901117463518452015-08-02T11:01:39.807+10:002015-08-02T11:01:39.807+10:00I had to look merisms up, kvd, and in so doing sou...I had to look merisms up, kvd, and in so doing sourced you quote! <br /><br />Now your last is an example of what I'm talking about. Gardening dropped of the radar. Its only in the last two weeks that I have started mulching the beds to lay the basis for new planting. I HAVE NO GREENS! And your chair is very neglected. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-40184157574838668432015-08-02T10:17:43.605+10:002015-08-02T10:17:43.605+10:00The use of legal merisms seldom if ever adds legal...<i>The use of legal merisms seldom if ever adds legal effect to the document that contains them, and frequently increases their reading difficulty. However, the weight of tradition and the fear that a deviation from the established formula might have unintended legal consequences makes lawyers reluctant to revise the traditional formulae, and their clients, seeing them, at least draw the satisfaction of knowing that their documents appear to be written by a lawyer.</i><br /><br />Funniest truth I've read all week.<br /><br />Fill 'em up with soil Jim, and plant some small greens.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com