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Ben!
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Message 72 of 246 (251156)
10-12-2005 12:59 PM
Reply to: Message 71 by robinrohan
10-12-2005 12:32 PM


Re: Brad's Hieroglyphics: A study
http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/santiago/RUSSELL.htm
Bertrand Russell talks about how, even in the greatest truth of thruths, a yard is still 3 feet. Something like that.
Predication could simply mean language, as Russell is a famous philosopher of language, or it could be referencing the fact that Russell is a famous logician.
Looks to me that Brad is just making a comment about Para's complaints about his language. He's not limiting himself to some standard language, because standard ways just come up short.
I defy anyone to come up with a better explanation than that

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Ben!
Member (Idle past 1398 days)
Posts: 1161
From: Hayward, CA
Joined: 10-14-2004


Message 74 of 246 (251161)
10-12-2005 1:12 PM
Reply to: Message 73 by robinrohan
10-12-2005 1:05 PM


Re: Brad's Hieroglyphics: A study
Someone needs to stop by Brad's place and fix his comma key. And quote key as well. Half the battle is identifying the parts of the sentence and what quotes he's using figuratively. He does it a LOT.
Compare
Brad McFall writes:
By predication I am not as limited as B. Russel's yard long was short
with
Brad McFall with a properly used keyboard writes:
By predication I am not as limited, as B. Russel's "yard long" was short

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