>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
heh. 'None of your high flights; all affectation is bad." (Cervantes from Don Quixote.)