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December 16, 2011
Strange But True!
Q. “Paraprosdokians” are figures of speech where the sentence or phrase starts out one way and then pulls a sudden humorous or dramatic reversal, making them popular with comedians and satirists. Are you familiar with any of these pointed put-downs?
A. From Canadian linguist William Gordon Casselman online:
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