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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:00:29 CST
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- From: samant@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU
- Subject: Re: e-oops
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- By the way, Ruth, more can be gotten out of discourse than just
- gut feelings like "she's being friendly", "this is good", "that
- is threatening", "this is bad" and so on. Most people also like
- their words to have more precise meanings. Generally they happen
- to succeed.
-
- I am not against babbling as such, but it is amusing when a babbler
- begins to hear the world through a babbler's ears.
-
- You could be losing out on a lot of fun by not taking into account
- the fact that words have meanings.
-
- tushar
-