[lit-ideas] The Viscous Circle
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 08:32:36 EST
From world wide words:
"A quote from a police inspector on the BBC News Berkshire site on
1st February was read by Jim Carr: "This was a particularly viscous
robbery, however I would like to reassure residents there are
ongoing inquiries." And no risk of anybody coming to a sticky end."
The Gricean point: yes, they are brutes, and they have to inspect,
inspectors. But if he can't form the Gricean intention that his addressee will
think that he thinks that the robbery was vicious, why bother?
JLS -- the griceclub.blogspot The Viscous Circle
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