On May 31, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Doug cited this untethered hot-air balloon of an obiter-dictum
> in response to an observation of mine about the necessary
> circularity of definitions (which is not quite the same thing
> as a tautology, NB).
Not quite the same thing, but not unrelated. When HB says it, it's bombast. When you say it, it sparkles with wit.
Doug