It irritates me when I hear commercial advertisements that have flawed copy. Several butcher …old saws. There is the investment ad that speaks about …ignoring the 800 lbs gorilla in the room. The old saying is …ELEPHANT in the room. With gorilla, what is being said is that there is a force too powerful with which to contend. The ignored elephant in the room speaks to setting aside very obvious issues—pretending they dont exist. Conflating the metaphors is confusing…to be kind. A famed Metro Detroit trial lawyer has either done this by mistake or by design with his catch phrase: If you dont stand for something, sooner or later youll stand for nothing. The correct phrase is: If you dont stand for something, youll FALL for ANYTHING. How about …ALREADY stands for nothing? If one doesnt stand for a thing, that is synonymous with standing for nothing, its not a situation no so that that will later occur …sooner or later.—SID (son of an English prof) Sez 031614 Heres and example of how to use elephant in the room: store.mune-pi/Elephants-Room_p_80.html
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:03:42 +0000
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