At any given time…

October 25, 2007 — Amoeboid Blurry Smile

On the way home yesterday, I had the following conversation.

Alice: Are you ready to go?

Bob: Just a second…. OK. I have to go to the bathroom first.

Alice: Hey, do you want some chocolate?

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Word Pairs

August 23, 2007 — Amoeboid Blurry Smile

Most of the time when one considers two different words, one is considering two different ideas. I find that I often point out to people that the reason that there are two different words for two different things is that those two things are not the same thing in an important way. I don’t think that it is quite right to say that. I think I have the order of things backwards. The universes of things and ideas are such that they are filled with things that aren’t all the same. Our languages evolve so that many important and useful Read the rest of this entry »

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