In a message dated 9/30/2004 2:52:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > 2) Did Grice invent HP sauce? (ambiguity warning) Or did he just imply it? Well, HP comes (I believe) from Houses of Parliament, and Grice did not invent this term or (except in an _unconscionably_ wide sense) *imply* it ---- Good point. Also, Grice was Birmingham (Black Country), and the Houses of Parliament (that Guy Fuchs once intended to burn) are in the Deep South (on the Thames). Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html