[lit-ideas] Re: The Other Hand
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:49:33 +0100 (BST)
--- Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote: >
> We are considering anaphora in discourse:
>
> (1) I'm honored to shake
> the hand
> of a brave Iraqi citizen who had
> his hand
> cut off by Saddam Hussein.
>
> McEvoy applies Gricean considerations on politeness and writes:
Since my earlier posting I have done some research and found that this
quotation, though the words were spoken by Bush, was in fact minted by his
speech-writers. Bush had planned to say 'I am honoured to shake this man's
brave remaining hand - I've shaken a lot of brave hands, folks, and sometimes
you don't even have sureness as to what hand to shake. But today that wasn't
a problem'.
So don't blame Bush.
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