[lit-ideas] The Mumps
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:03:54 EST
In an interview given in New York, Helena Bonham Carter (who plays the
Queen Mother in "The King's Speech", with Colin Firth) makes a counterfactual
assertive conditional which I wonder if it's Popperian. She says (words to
the effect):
"Even if Edward VIII -- "David" amongst friends -- had NOT abdicated,
Queen Elizabeth III would _Still_ be Queen, because he ("David") had
the mumps".
I found the thing Gricean!
Speranza -- Swimming-Pool Library, etc.
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