Re: the meaning of words

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See, Paul, your reply via the humpty dumpty story means you STILL don't
understand at least the position you disagree with.  Alice could retort
to Humpty Dumpty, legitimately, because Humpty was not using the commonly
accepted meaning of words.  He tried to use words outside of their
accepted meaning within their reading community.

 If anything, your post proves the opposite of your point--that authorial
intent DOES NOT determine meaning in an absolute fashion.  If that were
so, Humpty's insistence on the meaning being determined by his "intent"
would be irrefutable.

Jim  

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