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To: Tax-chick

That’s good to know.


240 posted on 10/16/2009 11:06:19 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham; ArrogantBustard

It was a useful topic, because we talked about grammar and about (relevant to this thread ;-) how our minds, in the absence of concrete data, create meaning based on our pre-existing viewpoint.

For example, “ ... slithy toves did gyre and gimbel ...”. “Slithy” suggests something that wiggles, like our snake Slytherin Susan, and “toves” makes me think of rot. However, “gyre” means “to rotate,” and “gimbel” is like “gambol,” which means to frisk playfully. So we’ve got some dubious reptilian critter playfully rotating ... or else we need to give it another thought ;-).


241 posted on 10/16/2009 11:14:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (There is no "I" in "Tejano conjunto." It's all about the mission.)
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