tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post116095242490481932..comments2023-10-05T02:33:30.934-07:00Comments on ipsa loquitur: postmodernity on the refrigerated aisleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post-1161262631487612362006-10-19T05:57:00.000-07:002006-10-19T05:57:00.000-07:00Long live the cows!! Down with anything fat free!Long live the cows!! Down with anything fat free!Zoogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18250015122777958773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post-1161131916205420022006-10-17T17:38:00.000-07:002006-10-17T17:38:00.000-07:00What's really funny is that MLE's writing is more ...What's really funny is that MLE's writing is more Derrida than she would ever imagine. Almost everything she writes here is deconstruction in one way or another...<BR/>And I'd better be quiet before she starts auto-blocking my comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post-1160974372712488512006-10-15T21:52:00.000-07:002006-10-15T21:52:00.000-07:00David - it won't be ok when the upcoming generatio...David - it won't be ok when the upcoming generation (Mr. Right, Jr., and siblings) say they "did good" on their tests. Then again, I'm hoping that MR, Jr., and siblings will be taking their tests from me, in which case we will dispense with grades and make sure the grammar checks out. <BR/><BR/>But I digress . . .<BR/><BR/>I haven't studied this stuff a whole awful lot, so I'm not familiar with all the arguments. I guess what I do understand is the problem where the communicator says one thing (the absolute communication), and some argue that the communicatee has the right to determine the meaning of the communication apart from its intended meaning. I can talk to you in English, Spanish, Italian, or Greek (I wish), and it can be different words/expressions. The important thing is that you understand the message.<BR/><BR/>Not sure this is on point (?).<BR/><BR/>BGO - As one of the poets has said,<BR/><BR/>When poetry's devoid of cows<BR/>That lovely art its exit bows.<BR/><BR/>We must defend our art at all costs.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695713342657700875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post-1160972079999266882006-10-15T21:14:00.000-07:002006-10-15T21:14:00.000-07:00This is quintessential MLE, and it's wonderful! Ho...This is quintessential MLE, and it's wonderful! However, I'm concerned that poems about cheese in the future may never need a reference to cows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935690.post-1160958690700877462006-10-15T17:31:00.000-07:002006-10-15T17:31:00.000-07:00Haha, that concluding comment really hits close to...Haha, that concluding comment really hits close to home.<BR/><BR/>My question to you is: does the postmodernization of words really mean that the meaning is changing or are we just following the course of history which has repeatedly shown that language evolves and is fluid? Are your demands of language too rigid and restrictive? Will it continue to irk you when the upcoming generations abuse the absolute and sacred English language when they come home from school and say they "did good" on their test? Will you be like my mom and dad? Haha.<BR/><BR/>I'm studying Koine Greek right now and it always fascinates me that they were using an entirely different system of words to convey the same thoughts and ideas that we have now but express with entirely different symbols/phoneme patterns etc.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm now very curious to read the ingredients label on a fat-free half and half (aka milk).<BR/><BR/>Good post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com