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Re: On a more humerous note (some may not think of this as funn

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

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• Subject: Re: On a more humerous note (some may not think of this as funn
• Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:18:43 EST

In a message dated 3/21/2006 10:37:20 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

>    ravDaq HaghtaHvIS pum
>    while laughing on the floor, he falls
> 
> although this version doesn't make much sense.
> 

If he's standing/sitting/lying on the floor, he's still on the floor.  
{ravDaq} doesn't tell us his orientation or posture while he's on the floor, only 
that that's where he is.  
Unless it's like English, where it's assumed that he's standing on the floor, 
so that actually saying that he's on the floor means that there's something 
unusual about how he is on the floor, namely, some position other than 
standing.  (Grice, I think.  Maybe just pragmatics.)

lay'tel SIvten

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