Unlurking for a second to top post as this discussion converges on a few of my
interests.
He touched on the concept in some of the Uplift Novels, where galactic
languages have generally been constructed in a way that eliminates
metaphore.
I don't recall that.. and it would have struck me,
--- On Mon, 6/29/09, Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br wrote:
But this is not a metaphor!!! This is a _simile_.
Heh.
A metaphor is: A cat is a dog with more attitude and a penchant for mice.
A fully logical language would reject the previus sentence as false,
because a cat is not a
From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Aug 3, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Doug wrote:
Their lives are way too short, aren't they?
Those who say it's just a cat or it's just a dog just won't
understand.
In her last days, Moppins was a tiny ball of long-furred love, always sitting on
the arm of my
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gee.Are you married to another Burke of the Culturelist?
*That* would be just too entertainingG
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