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I have noticed that many of the most successful Twitter creators use a rhetorical device called anadiplosis.

Here is how it works.

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@forgebitz What would you say are the top 5 things I would miss out on, if I don’t buy a course on cursor? 😉

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@growing_daniel I’m using it for coding. It’s normally brilliant. But not yesterday - it was remarkably bad. Could it be having its ‘Monday morning’ days on Wednesdays?

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Very useful and clever poem.

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@JaydenLibran I’m just guessing here, but if the AI did this “in its head”, then I think there is a lot of scope for it to improve. If it or some other AI model is plugged into whatever tools humans use (with consistent character models), I suppose AI could do a lot better.

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I remembered Phoebe & Mike’s wedding vows as being a bit wacky. But looking at them again, you can see the writers knew their craft. @FriendsTV

https://t.co/rbVDCQusk4

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@costofglory Without Caesar there might have been a month called Crassuary or Pompember

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@NickLovesSpain Next do the dark side of Spanish innovation: their torture devices from the Middle Ages. It’s a good thing they are applying their minds to more pleasant inventions nowadays!

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I liked the writing techniques used in the very short rehearsal dinner toast in the Brooke Shield’s movie “Mother of the Bride”.

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@icreatelife Take @StarTrek and other sci-fi novels (where the designs and visual tropes of the universe have been established through existing movies/series) and render them into full tv-series/movies.

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@Culture_Crit Surely the book of Kells or the Ardagh Chalice have more valid claims to be called Ireland’s most iconic artwork?

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@culturaltutor This song, with lyrics about the First World War, was written only in the 1970s - in response to the anti-Irish sentiment in Britain during the IRA bombing campaign of that time. It’s powerful. https://t.co/2wKzn4UcW9

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Yeah, I have experienced this too.

There used to be a pub near Fleet Street (I’m not sure if it is still there?) called the Tipperary. When I first saw it, in my naivety, I didn’t understand why the sign had an illustration of a WWI soldier.

I knew the song of course but hadn’t realised it was so strongly associated with that war until then. We didn’t sing that song much in Tipperary, probably because of course, it wasn’t a long way!

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@archeohistories I don’t understand how the city of Derinkuyu could have been lost in the first place. Surely there must have been multiple entrances at one time. It would have been a big project to evacuate and board it up. Has anyone heard a good explanation for it?

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This reminds me of a joke I heard in 2003 - I hope I’m able to do it justice:

The second gulf war had just started and the Americans were all hung ho. First target for troops was Baghdad airport. So they swooped in, all guns blazing, and attacked the airport. Then when they had subdued the little resistance and taken control of the airport, they established a command center and sent out scouting parties.

After a few hours the scouts came back and all reported that Saddam’s regime must have somehow disguised Baghdad - it was nowhere to be found within 200km.

Confusion reigned until one of the lieutenants said “Ah, I see what is wrong. This is the Ryanair Baghdad airport!”

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@GregLunt27 Sounds like you are taking Samuel Beckett’s words to heart:

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

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@GrammarHippy Then there are the productivity scolds.

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@TatsukiThomas I think The Apple Welcome Note works (at least in part) because it is full of rhetorical devices. I have attached some of my Rhetorical Device explainer cards. Maybe you can spot other ones that I missed?

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@Toastmasters Get out there and start