From:	David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject:	Re: [OT] Nuances of Language
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 11:11:37 -0600

MC23 wrote:
/
/ Once upon a time, David Buehrer wrote;
/
/ >But isn't language used to symbolically represent a world that's
/ >perceived abstractly?
/
/ No, "Language is a virus from outer space" - Laurie Anderson

:) I'd say that language is a virus from inner space.

/ &
/ >It's a wonder we can communicate at all :)
/
/ A sampled(?) quote from EBN-OZN's AEIOU sometimes Y ?

Um, no. At least I don't think so. I thought it was a line from some
movie.

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/ "When _I_ use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful
/ tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
/ -Through the Looking Glass

Now *that* book plays with language.

-David
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