In a message dated 10/27/2015 5:54:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes that he "prefer[s] the Spanish Inquisition."
which is natural because Welland obviously blatantly flouts what Popper
calls the 'argumentative' function of language.
For Welland said,
"a word of warning"
and surely his misquoted
i. The British are coming.
is FOUR words of warning, by any account of algebraic Goedelian
argumentation.
Cheers,
Speranza
In a message dated 10/25/2015 5:41:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: "Surprised [Speranza] didn't challenge
[R. P.] on this, but it was in
fact a well-known British film about [Griceian] implicature. The
screenwriter, Colin Welland, proved the point with his "The British are
coming"
acceptance speech at the Oscars, one of the most implicatural of all
such speeches [...]"
Welland: "What you've done for the British film industry! I'd just like to
thank David Puttnam for having the wisdom to ask me to write it in the
first place; Hugh Hudson for respecting me and my script, which is a very hard
thing to find in our business as you know; all the actors for getting fit
enough to appear like Olympic athletes; and to British television, where I
learned my craft. I'd like to finish with a word of warning: You may have
started something. The British are coming."
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