Language, Obfuscation LO21482

John Zavacki (jzavacki@greenapple.com)
Mon, 3 May 1999 05:40:33 -0400

Replying to LO21463 --

Steve,

Thank you for bringing this to clean and easily understood conclusion. I
believe that much learning occurs through the use of metaphor but not
through the leaps of faith assumed by our friends, the Digestors. An
example of less dangerous extensions of learning are the development of
language, in which the learner knows that you have one cow and two cows.
Therefore two house or cheese are halfed to one hou or chee.

John Zavacki
jzavacki@greenapple.com

> This kind of thinking results in well meaning and unintentional
> obfuscation.

[Host's Note: I think I get it... "house" is plural because of the "s", so
the singular must be "hou"... Hmm... Rick]

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