Re: RT list: Defending the Explicature

Oh, those are the same kinds of dictionaries that my first-year students
consult when they come up with such 'malapropisms' as:

My family isn't very large. We are 5: my mother, my father, myself, grandpa
and grandma. We live on a farm. I have a pet. It's a pussy. Sometimes my
grandpa's cock scares my pussy...

Maybe 'naughty' explicatures become diachronically more relevant/salient
than their 'dull' counterparts (are we talking about explicatures here or
cancellable GCIs) ?

Best,
Andre

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:30 AM, <Jlsperanza@aol.com> wrote:

>
> From
>
> _http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/greece_lesbian_pride_
> (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_eu/greece_lesbian_pride)
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> "Three islanders from Lesbos - home of the ancient poet Sappho, who
> praised love between women - have taken a gay rights group to court for
> using the word lesbian in its name.
> One of the plaintiffs said Wednesday that the name of the association,
> Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, "insults the identity" of
> the people of Lesbos, who are also known as Lesbians."
>
>
> But _seriously_ how many dictionaries still keep the explicature,
> 'lesbian',
> 'resident of Lesbos'? Oh them good ol' days...
>
> JL
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Received on Fri May 2 05:55:33 2008