>On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
>
>>Yes indeed, the Tweedledum/Tweedledee theory that words mean only
>>what you want them to mean. But I don't get my philosophy from
>>Alice In Wonderland.
>
>The books are worth repeated readings and you'll find much
>philosophical truth in them. You'll also learn the difference
>between Alice (where Humpty-Dumpty's opinion about words is to be
>found) and Through the Looking-glass, where Tweedledum and
>Tweedledee agree to have their battle.
Oops, Humpty-Dumpty (not Tweedledum/Tweedledee). My bad.
At 11:00 PM -0500 18/8/12, Carrol Cox wrote:
>You have just refuted your own claim, sine you give my words a different
>meaning than I give them. You must have a privage language which I don't
>know, but you construe my words as though I wrote in that private secret
>language of yours.
I did not intend to interpret your words, but to ridicule them. Or at remind you that someone had already done a fine job of ridiculing your argument. Unfortunately I buggered up my literary reference. It could happen to anyone. ;-) Yeah, maybe a repeated reading would be a good idea.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas