#1 07-25-2012 16:50:29
secrets in common
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— all sounds can be heard by neighbors. Intimate sounds of humans interacting; all family fights become community fights and all confidences spoken became secrets in common.
secrets in common - oxymoron? or maxthemoron?
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#2 07-25-2012 17:23:05
- Q.X.T.Rhazmeulen
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Re: secrets in common
I don't think "secrets in common" is an oxymoron; any group of people, i.e., a community, can share a secret. Or, if a secret is by its nature a thing of exclusivity, your phrase, while perhaps ironic, is mostly poetic, and quite lovely, I think.
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#4 07-25-2012 18:26:20
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Re: secrets in common
I know a rumour about this, but it's a secret. :-)
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#5 07-26-2012 05:03:03
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Re: secrets in common
Late to the game, but actually secrets can be held in common amongst a group of people, no precise number limit on such a group which might hold "secrets in common." Sounds like you're good to go on all fronts, but we'll just keep that a secret in common to this thread. Take care. Vern
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#6 07-26-2012 05:21:19
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Re: secrets in common
I like the maxthemoron word best, but I agree with everyone else - secrets in common isn't an oxymoron (why is oxygen a moron?)
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#7 07-26-2012 07:01:54
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Re: secrets in common
The difference, of course, is that any secret held in common doesn't stay secret for long. Somehow that circle of commonality keeps growing.
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