Open mike night

It was plural since you were defining three words, two as a subset of the
one but I guess, I, as the author, am assuming way to much continuity of
thought between posts and posts over time. My mistake, I shouldn't assume
that you may actually want to understand what some else means. I have since
jettisoned the quote list. Funny Jim, the author's intended meaning is
unattainable for you and yet you want me to quote you back to yourself so
that I am not misunderstanding your intent. It is not crying Jim, they are
tears of hilarity.
Daniel

Daniel, what the heck are you talking about? :). If you meant to
reference the word "liberal" in the sentence using this phrase, "the
words," then it should have been singular, not plural. As it was, I
thought you were talking about "words" in general, not the meaning of
that specific word. Or, rather than saying, "the words," you should
have just said, "the word liberal." THAT would have made your meaning
perfectly clear.

So whatever your intent was, you didn't communicate it very well. Just
a grammar thing. It's ok, it's just a listserve. Who cares? I screw
up too, don't proofread, etc. But don't be such a crybaby if you get
misunderstood sometimes. You're not being very careful.

Still, I think my response was close to on target. I never denied that
words have meaning.

You can put that one in boldface in your collection of Jim sentences,
thanks.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>Jim said, "That's what liberal has always meant and really still
>means.", the context Jim was "the words.." but of course the meaning you
>chose to pour into those words has nothing to do with readers or the actual
>intent of the authors who use those words, so the meaning is really just
>about what Jim means.
>Daniel
>
>See, that response might actually mean something, Daniel, if I'd ever,
>at any time, denied knowledge of "what words really mean."
>
>But I don't now nor ever have. Neither has Derrida, so far as I can
>tell. If that's what I thought he was doing, I wouldn't waste my time.
>
>Jim
>
>

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