Re: Sacred tangent (was Re: just checking...)
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Peter T. Chattaway < petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, but there is no sharp split between the literal and figurative > definitions of "overshadow", the way that there is with "sacred" > Hm, I would've thought the "sharp split" between *literal* and *figurative* would be enough for you. nor are the literal and figurative definitions of "overshadow" easily > confused with one another, the way they are with "sacred". :) I don't think we're confused about the definitions, we're just confusing the issue by declaring what Palin must've meant by the word even though the context declares otherwise. This does have me thinking if the figurative definition of a word is *ever* the first definition, even when it is used more often. It makes more sense to start with the literal as that helps explain the figurative. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot