[lit-ideas] Re: "-Er" Words and Essences
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 10:17:32 -0400
>Okay. We seem to face here a big misunderstanding.
>
>It is my contention that, in English, words ending in "-er" signal the
>essence of the referent.
>
>E.g. "Britney Spears is a singer" signifies her essence.
>
No, "Lip-Syncher". Sorry, I couldn't let this glaring inaccuracy go by.
>As Liza Minnelli once put it,
>
> "Problem with America, is that they pigeonhole. If you sing, you are a
>singer; if you dance, you are a dancer; if you act, you are an actress. And
>I'm good at the three. How do you call me?"
Abuser? Come one folks, there's GOT to be something behind all these
accusations. At least that's the way we do politics.
Fomenting Froth with insincerity,
paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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