OK but apply it. Who do you ask at "Wikipedia" for comment. And how do you state "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment" ?
Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them... -----Original Message----- From: Ken Arromdee <arrom...@rahul.net> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2009 3:17 pm Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia slags off Palmerston North On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > Worth quoting here: > > "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment.">> > ----------------- > > The coffee I had this morning was crappy. The coffee could not be reached > for comment. > Wikipedia is not a person who can comment. In fact Wikipedia is not a > person or even sentient or even living. > > How exactly do you get comment from Wikipedia anyway? > Oops I stepped in that one.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l