Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:08:21 -0400

From: Brenda Lester brenles[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CODY.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU

Subject: Re: HBO and TV



"He ain't heavy; he's my brother."





On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Larry Horn wrote:



Re Barry's



"GARTH LIVE FROM CENTRAL PARK

Thursday, August 7, 8 PM ET/PT

HBO

IT'S NOT TV. IT'S HBO."



HBO is not tv?? What is it, a frog?



A common enough ploy, especially in advertising. From my collection (to

illustrate what I like to call metalinguistic negation):



It's not a car. It's a Volkswagen. (commercial and advertisement, 1980's)



Or, more ominously,



They weren't people, Sir. They were the enemy.

(Lt. William Calley, during court-martial for his participation in

My Lai massacre.)



--Larry