mysteries of rhetorical nuance

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/2/2012 07:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Considering the Bible Belt context, perhaps the allusion to Palin was
>indeed intentional and the question not humorous at all.

VQVP, my guess is there was no conscious allusion to Palin (I do not
do the unconscious), and the question was indeed not humorous.

Joel

P.S. VQVP is the new, Latin FWIW.
JSB

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