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Laumont Posted 17 years ago
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What does it mean "Legible Bachelor"?

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What does it mean the expression "Legible Bachelor"?

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laumont What does it mean the expression "Legible Bachelor"? Are you sure it isn't "eligible bachelor"?

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laumont What does it mean the expression "Legible Bachelor"?
Are you sure it isn't "eligible bachelor"?
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Hi,

Yes, I found "Legible Bachelor" in a poem by Harryette Mullen:


"software design for

legible bachelors

up to their eyeballs

in hype-writer fonts"



And elsewhere on the web as well:



"How To Reach Campus/Community Radio
Attacking the Airwaves
By Helen Spitzer


[...]
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Both these are deliberate puns (word jokes) on 'eligible bachelor' - the term 'legible bachelor' really doesn't exist or make any sense.
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Poets frequently and deliberately use words in ways that are designed to surprise us.

"hype-writer fonts "is another example.
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thanks a lot.

AlpheccaStars,

What do you understand by "hype-writer fonts"? Your answer is very important.

Thank you, laumont.
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Hi,

a legible bachelor

Maybe the fact that he was a bachelor was written all over his face?

(Ha-ha.)

Clive
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laumont What do you understand by "hype-writer fonts"? Your answer is very important.
Well, usually it is best to translate expressions of poetic license in the context of the entire poem. If it is taken out of context, it certainly can be easily misinterpreted.

"hype" is short for hyperbole - exaggerated expressions written in an attempt to impress
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