Sorry, you failed the Turing Test. You asked me to "recall" I.A.Richards I wrote a response as if I.A.Richards was a product who was under recall/warranty fix. You mistook my implicature, which often happens when I'm typing to people. p On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:58 PM, <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote: > In a message dated 6/22/2009 1:47:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > pastone@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Recall I. A. Richards: > > I wish I could, but he's been defective for so long, the damage is already > done. > > "Sometimes it is held that whatever is redundant or otiose, > whatever is not required, although not obstructive or disruptive, > is also false." (Principles of Literary Criticism). > > -- > > Well, _try_. Because this *is* a good quote, unburied by yours truly from > the dusty pages of the OED, under 'otiose'. > > Peter Winch says something similar in Royal Institute of Philosophy Series, > and of course it has been the achievement of a lifetime for H. P. Grice: > "This is otiose/misleading/odd _but_ true". > > Cheers, > > JL Speranza > Anti-Utilitarian > > > **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the > grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000004) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html