"explicit implication"

[sagehen]

on 4/28/08 7:26 PM, Mark Mandel at thnidu at GMAIL.COM wrote:

> The current flyer from Trader Joe's (a grocery chain) has an item that begins:
>
>>>>
>
> nothing but Sea Salt
> Bagel Chips
>
> We don't mean to imply that these Bagel Chips are made with only salt.
> Our explicit implication is that they are *topped* with "nothing but"
> sea salt.
>
> <<<
>
> --
> Mark Mandel
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
You *could* make a case for "implicit explication," uh, I guess.
AM

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org