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No reference is given for the applications of this figure of speech, which appear doubtful if irony is involved. I am therefore deleting everything but the definition. Since no sensible, referenced comment is provided, this page becomes a candidate for deletion. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
No references were given for the applications of this figure of speech, which appeared doubtful and have been deleted; nor is there any support that it is a form of irony in the dictionary definition provided. Since the article has been an orphaned stub since its creation five years ago, the only reliable part of which is its dictionary definition, it is proposed for deletion unless someone with a proper knowledge of the subject takes it in hand. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Some sources claim that "sour grapes" is an example of accismus, while others disagree. There is a subtle difference: in "sour grapes" the refutation is based on an argument (although pretended). One may wish to check with [1] to see if Ancient Greeks have a special word for it (I guess they have read Aesopus, after all :-).
Meanwhile more reliable sources must be consulted. In particular, what are the opinions about the reliability of the two websites I mentioned (rhetoric.byu.edu and wordsmith.org )?
For now I put it into "see also", since it clearly looks similar. Staszek Lem ( talk) 18:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your thoughtful input, Staszek Lem. I originally looked for references to the accismus claim for sour grapes that did not appear to repeat the 2010 WP article. For the reasons you give, I'm inclined to dismiss the Webster reference until something older and more authoritative turns up. WP is responsible for an awful lot of unreferenced misinformation getting circulated! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 06:51, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
I would accept Quintillian or any other authoritative Classical work on rhetoric. I'd also accept a modern dictionary (like the OED) that actually cites a credible source for the sense given. Staszek Lem explains why the example of the fox given by Webster is nonsense. I can add to that. A figure of rhetoric requires an audience, but the fox isn't in dialogue with anyone, it is alone and talking to itself, so irony and social conventions don't come into the picture. In the article on the fable of The Fox and the Grapes, the lead explains the fox's mental behaviour as an example of reducing cognitive dissonance, quoting as source Elster, Jon (1983), Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality, Cambridge University Press, p.109ff. In the given context, this makes much more sense. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:25, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I'm not a rhetorician, just a stub-sorter, but in case it helps I can tell you that OED offers the definition "The pretended refusal of something one keenly desires. Also: an instance of this.", while describing the word as "now rare". Pam D 11:59, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
(from my talk page. Staszek Lem ( talk))
Hi, there, Staszek Lem You might like to look at the discussion on the article at Cynwolfe's talk page. She's an expert editor on classical subjects and her doubts about it, as it stands now, echo mine. It looks more like a dictionary stub. Valid examples of usage would help; so would a survey of consciousness of the trope over the centuries (Jean Paul's mention of it would come in here). If the article isn't improved soon, without recourse to OR and dubious claims, I'll nominate it for deletion on a WP discussion forum. That either brings people to rescue it or else gets rid of an entry that has no part in an encyclopedia as per the guidelines Cynwolfe cites. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 22:00, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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No reference is given for the applications of this figure of speech, which appear doubtful if irony is involved. I am therefore deleting everything but the definition. Since no sensible, referenced comment is provided, this page becomes a candidate for deletion. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
No references were given for the applications of this figure of speech, which appeared doubtful and have been deleted; nor is there any support that it is a form of irony in the dictionary definition provided. Since the article has been an orphaned stub since its creation five years ago, the only reliable part of which is its dictionary definition, it is proposed for deletion unless someone with a proper knowledge of the subject takes it in hand. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:47, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Some sources claim that "sour grapes" is an example of accismus, while others disagree. There is a subtle difference: in "sour grapes" the refutation is based on an argument (although pretended). One may wish to check with [1] to see if Ancient Greeks have a special word for it (I guess they have read Aesopus, after all :-).
Meanwhile more reliable sources must be consulted. In particular, what are the opinions about the reliability of the two websites I mentioned (rhetoric.byu.edu and wordsmith.org )?
For now I put it into "see also", since it clearly looks similar. Staszek Lem ( talk) 18:54, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your thoughtful input, Staszek Lem. I originally looked for references to the accismus claim for sour grapes that did not appear to repeat the 2010 WP article. For the reasons you give, I'm inclined to dismiss the Webster reference until something older and more authoritative turns up. WP is responsible for an awful lot of unreferenced misinformation getting circulated! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 06:51, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
I would accept Quintillian or any other authoritative Classical work on rhetoric. I'd also accept a modern dictionary (like the OED) that actually cites a credible source for the sense given. Staszek Lem explains why the example of the fox given by Webster is nonsense. I can add to that. A figure of rhetoric requires an audience, but the fox isn't in dialogue with anyone, it is alone and talking to itself, so irony and social conventions don't come into the picture. In the article on the fable of The Fox and the Grapes, the lead explains the fox's mental behaviour as an example of reducing cognitive dissonance, quoting as source Elster, Jon (1983), Sour Grapes: Studies in the Subversion of Rationality, Cambridge University Press, p.109ff. In the given context, this makes much more sense. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 08:25, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
I'm not a rhetorician, just a stub-sorter, but in case it helps I can tell you that OED offers the definition "The pretended refusal of something one keenly desires. Also: an instance of this.", while describing the word as "now rare". Pam D 11:59, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
(from my talk page. Staszek Lem ( talk))
Hi, there, Staszek Lem You might like to look at the discussion on the article at Cynwolfe's talk page. She's an expert editor on classical subjects and her doubts about it, as it stands now, echo mine. It looks more like a dictionary stub. Valid examples of usage would help; so would a survey of consciousness of the trope over the centuries (Jean Paul's mention of it would come in here). If the article isn't improved soon, without recourse to OR and dubious claims, I'll nominate it for deletion on a WP discussion forum. That either brings people to rescue it or else gets rid of an entry that has no part in an encyclopedia as per the guidelines Cynwolfe cites. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 22:00, 29 September 2013 (UTC)