Metaphors we live by (was permission slips)
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:31:46 -0400, JDG wrote ... > A much more logical explanation is that the child/permission > slip is a metaphor for insisting upon UN Security Council approval > of US actions. At the risk of boring everyone to the state of consciousness of a turnip... the argument that they were making about politics has no impact one way or the other on whether or the metaphor is appropriate. I hear you going back again and again to the meaning of the sentence, while I'm talking about the meaning of the metaphor. "Permission slip," has meaning that is independent of the sentence in which it was used. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Metaphors we live by (was permission slips)
At 07:06 AM 4/30/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: >"Permission slip," has meaning that is independent of the >sentence in which it was used. Call me crazy here, but isn't that "independent meaning" one of, oh I don't know, "getting permission"? JDG - "Serious Consultation" <> "Getting Permission", Maru. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
