[lit-ideas] Re: When Water Wasn't Wet
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:59:25 EDT
In a message dated 7/7/2009 11:45:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
palma@xxxxxxxx writes:
²H2O, which is known as deuterium
----
ice, iceberg, glaciar, Fr. glas (ice), It. 'ghiaccio', ice, Sp. hielo,
from L. con-GEL-ARE.
The example is by Quentin Skinner, incidentally,
"The ice is thin over there".
'deterium' is short for 'deteurium dihydrogen monoxide'?
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The problem here is to produce the implicature-free for 'ice' and 'water'
and 'steam'
that abides by
-- be as informative as is required
-- don't be otiose
-- avoid ambiguity
-- be brief
But I surmise, with A. Palma, that it's a problem of the English language,
only.
"Water is wet" is _not_ tautological in French.
Cheers,
J. L. Speranza
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