In a message dated 4/26/2004 6:41:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx writes: ok, so here's the transgression -- his granddad's. poetic self feels wrongly accused (misinterpellated by SO, the big other, as a lyncher). the reference to Lacan's Schema L is pursued through to the absence of verbal ques from _le petit autre_ Wonder who first used "significant other" and if it's a Gallicism. Also wonder if Lacan actually make technical use of the 'big' vs. the small 'other' distinction? Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html