From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Fri Apr 23 2004 - 23:21:36 BST
Wim,
Not at all. Point taken.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wim Nusselder" <wim.nusselder@antenna.nl>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: MD junk or politics on this list
> Dear Ian,
>
> You wrote 19 Apr 2004 00:11:13 +0100:
> 'Many (most?) apparently literal facts were once metaphors, now so
commonly
> accepted, that their origin in
> metaphor is lost to all but linguists.'
>
> I think "all literal facts were once metaphors" is defendable.
> To what extent is "America is an experiment" and "war is an experiment"
> accepted as fact among Americans?
>
> With friendly greetings,
>
> Wim
>
>
>
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