[lit-ideas] "The Day After Yesterday"

From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:22:02 EST

From "Sideways":
 
_http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/quotes_ 
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/quotes) 
 
   Maya: What's the title [of your novel]? 
   Miles Raymond: "The Day After Yesterday." 
Maya: Oh... You mean, 'today'? 

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As it becomes evident, it's not _obvious_ that Miles _did_ mean  "today"[else 
he would have titled the novel thus]  -- even though it is  _analytically_ 
*true* that 'the day after yesterday' _is_ 'today'. A case of  co-referential 
opacity? 
 
Cheers,
 
J. L. 



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