In a message dated 8/1/10 1:15:19 PM, [email protected] writes:

> There is an
> ambiguity, then, in the German 'heissen,' which does not come across in
> English very well.
> 

There is indeed. It is broader than what is that called or named. You are 
just as likely to get an explanation of what the thing is used for as you are 
to find out what to call it. When trying to learn something very 
simple,like   how to say spoon using German,it is disconcerting to have someone 
dmonstrate how to use a spoon. "Namen" works better. Presumably this difference 
is 
what Wittgenstein intended to be understood?
KAte sullivan

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