Worse and worse

[Tom Zurinskas]

> "Each dish was more delicious than the next".

Funny :-)

Perhaps this was meant to be flattering.  But "Each dish was "less" delicious than the next" (i.e., getting better and better) doesn't seem to do the trick.

But if the author meant what she said (getting worse and worse) I wonder if she took dessert.

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
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> At 3/16/2011 10:06 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I can't offer a citation, but I've heard this logical reversal ("more X than
> >the next" instead of "...the last") more than once.
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> >Dyslogia?
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> I dunno -- the review sounds like a, um, pan to me. Enjoyment
> running downhill.
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> Joel
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> >On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:11 AM, William Palmer wrote:
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> > > Raleigh News & Observer food writer Andrea Weigl, describing her enjoyment
> > > of a restaurant's various preparations of beets, summarized by noting that
> > > "Each dish was more delicious than the next".
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