[lit-ideas] Re: The Mumps
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:28:10 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Mon, 20/12/10, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> "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!
She went to Oxford so maybe it is "Gricean" and a rare example of a knowingly
made "counterfactual assertive conditional" by an actress*. Of course, it is
counterfactually false, if Edward had not abdicated and outlived her. But then
what isn't?
His poor balls.
Donal
*Sorry: actOR
[Is the current use of "actor" for "actress" connected to the past use of
"actress" for "floozy" etc.?]
Public Library
London
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