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Similarly to rhizome, I appreciate your use of a word I hadn't seen in a long while (and that HN spellcheckers flag), and I agree this is much more interesting
by klochner 14y ago
Similarly to rhizome, I appreciate your use of a word I hadn't seen in a long while (and that HN spellcheckers flag), and I agree this is much more interesting than the article, but I would have gone with something in {emblematic, symptomatic, representative}.
I'm holding firm in claiming that synecdoche should be reserved for referencing oral or written expressions, viz., intentional usages of a part to indicate the whole.
Thanks for a little diversion :)
- tptacek 14y agoI think the poor quality of their tech coverage, which quality is indeed a "symptom" of a problem, isn't the whole story. The total fact of their tech coverage --- that they feel the need to do it at all at any level of quality --- is more important to me, and so "symptomatic" didn't seem right. But I wrote unclearly enough that "symptomatic" is a better word in the context of my original comment. I do own the fact that "synecdochic" is never a good word to use in clear writing. :)