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I'm reading this great article about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter, Rose, who perhaps really authored a lot of those famous books. Apparently the books originally had a line like this: "There were no people on the prairie. Only Indians lived there." Kind of reminds me of a bit from Seinfeld:

• George: I wonder how Susan's father's going to react to this. Alright, what- what's the worst he could do? So you burn a house down.
• Jerry: C'mon. It's not even a house. It's like, a cabin.
• George: We could build a cabin like [snaps] that.
• Jerry: Well, maybe not us, but two men could.

I have wondered if there is a term for this sort of rhetorical device. I like fancy words, like "antimetabole". Ask not what your country can do for you...

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