Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Donate money for Peace Palaces

[Llundrub]

Are you familiar with Eprime?  I am familiar with it only from what a friend of mine has told me about it, but it reminds me a bit of your "obnosis". As I understand it, eprime is a way of speaking that eliminates the word "is" because -- like your illustration of the ear lobe and the ear -- it is inaccurate for anyone to claim that something "is" when all they are doing is observing something and can't claim to know the reality. For example, I see my drinking cup on the desk in front of my computer.  According to my understanding of Eprime, it is incorrect for me to say "the cup in on the table" but correct to say "the cup appears in my vision resting on the table". Eprime and "obnosis" reminds me of the accuracy with which lawyers require language to be when people are on the witness stand which disallows things like hearsay or what appears to be "expert testimony" from a layman.   ----It's interesting but I studied Roland Barthes and Jacques Derrida in college and understand the deconstruction of all language.  No new language can bridge the basic communication gap of differing experience. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.