tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post114134641202133613..comments2023-08-13T08:56:47.540-04:00Comments on something katy: carrying onkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-1141497592224907672006-03-04T13:39:00.000-05:002006-03-04T13:39:00.000-05:00cheers hardy.and yes, it gets a lot more complicat...cheers hardy.<BR/><BR/>and yes, it gets a lot more complicated without dr seuss's magic glittered all over the place! there are so many other examples though. language is so complex and entangled, it's not only pop-culter that lends itself to epistemology (though i think it is primary). japanese people answer the phone by saying "mushi mushi"; in german this same phrase is a childish insult (katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-1141495544217806572006-03-04T13:05:00.000-05:002006-03-04T13:05:00.000-05:00it was convenient you had the distinct example of ...it was convenient you had the distinct example of lorax trees to prove yr point. it gets more complicated as one moves away from dr suess. nice to read such a commentary. word.hardyfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11124836171083026130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-1141449912753494042006-03-04T00:25:00.000-05:002006-03-04T00:25:00.000-05:00goodness miss katy, you are a pure peppermint stic...goodness miss katy, you are a pure peppermint stick of delight. i am more than flattered by your post, and positively glowing that you liked my piece. and you know what? today is my birthday and that's the best birthday present i could have gotten.<BR/><BR/>all my kisses,<BR/>brandy blueBebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814495660856767858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-1141359463534840312006-03-02T23:17:00.000-05:002006-03-02T23:17:00.000-05:00thank you arch, you're a dear. i don't know that ...thank you arch, you're a dear. i don't know that this is polished enough to go into my portfolio though. <BR/><BR/>and isn't it? the "fulcrum" i mean. isn't it in part the hidden messages, the allusions, the puns, the hesoids and the lorax trees and the salamanders? isn't it, in part at least, the point of a word? to carry meaning? <BR/>mix epistemology with olson's projevtive verse, whatkatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329161994664435636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12354210.post-1141358155759626402006-03-02T22:55:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:55:00.000-05:00So that's what you've been up to today! Bravo, kat...So that's what you've been up to today! Bravo, katy! Excellent! Immense, ambitious, and lives up to its own standards! If it is not too late, <I>definitely</I> include it in your portfolio (can you present you portfolio with hyperlinks?) Definitely one of your better pieces of prose. Though for me it highlights one major shortcoming (or weakness) of Objectivism's reliance on "epistemology": its arch.memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902709126678545260noreply@blogger.com