On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 [email protected] wrote: > Worth quoting here: > > "Wikipedia could not be reached for comment.">> > ----------------- > > The coffee I had this morning was crappy. The coffee could not be reached > for comment. > Wikipedia is not a person who can comment. In fact Wikipedia is not a > person or even sentient or even living. > > How exactly do you get comment from Wikipedia anyway? > Oops I stepped in that one....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy Metonymy example: The White House supports the bill (using The White House instead of the President. The President is not like The White House, but there is contiguity between them... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
