On Jun 27, 2009, at 2:19 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I believe that any two given notions are ALWAYS different to some
degree, and often VERY different.
I'm thinking of a notion. I'll give you a clue by sending these
electronic shapes to your location.
Here is my notion, in the form of two related questions:
How do you calibrate "very," as in "very different"?
How important or crucial to your assertion is the degree of "very"ness?
I have another notion, and I'll send more clues:
My second notion is in the form of an anecdote or example, which I
associate in my mind analogically to this topic.
My back itches, but I cannot reach it. I ask someone else to scratch
it for me. "Not there, a little to the left." "Nope, too far. Back to
the right, and down a bit."
But as this happens, the itch seems to move to another position. "Can
you scratch a little up and to the right?" Eventually, some of the
itch is scratched and some of it just abates, and you decide you can
live with the little bit that remains.
My analogical association correlates the itch with my "meaning" of a
word, and your attempts to scratch it with your attempt to recreate
that "meaning" in your head.
Did these electronic shapes convey anything to you?
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Michael Brady
[email protected]
http://considerthepreposition.blogspot.com/
