On Hyperbole

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Slava
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On Hyperbole

Postby Slava » Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:19 pm

A nice piece on the use of hyperbole:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... inguistics

To carry the idea of expansion further, when will the US start having a Hyper Bowl in football? :)
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Re: On Hyperbole

Postby Perry Lassiter » Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:56 pm

I always thought of those men along the Hudson clouds rolling their hyperbowling balls to create thunder.
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