Hi, Dan, you may be surprised when looking to the backside of that
famous slogan:
In my opinion and experience it is:
»You will be surprised realizing that you are already prepared
(without any special preparation)«
Florian
Am 26.10.2013 um 15:17 schrieb Daniel Mezick:
When responding to Jenifer's thoughts earlier, I realized:
The slogan "Be Prepared to Be Surprised" is a most interesting one
in OST.
It is actually an illocutionary speech act.... of type "Directive".
So, located here in OST, baked into it, we have a specific slogan
that is attempting to cause the hearer to take a particular action,
e.g. a request, commands and advice. A directive!
I wonder if the undeniably directive structure of "Be Prepared to Be
Surprised" really aligned with the intention/spirit/philosophy of OST.
Dan
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