Phrases that implode on their own paradox.

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Originally Posted by JPaul

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Originally Posted by Wolfmight

Are you a wee bit mental.

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Whe all include of "mental".

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I'm taking that as a yes.[/QUOTE]
thanks for complementing my intelligence then. :D

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Originally Posted by Wolfmight

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

A bad workman blames his tools. ;)

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Sometimes a single phrase could have literally thousands of interpretations.

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Which single phrase can have literally thousands of interpretations.

"sarcasm"

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fictional

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Originally Posted by JPaul

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Originally Posted by Wolfmight

Sometimes a single phrase could have literally thousands of interpretations.

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Which single phrase can have literally thousands of interpretations.

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If someone said,"You smell".

Obviously there are thousands of different smells. To the nose, It may be something pleasing or irritating. (or various others)

I suppose it's human nature to think of the negative side though. So the phrase "You Smell", would more than likely be interpreted as "Stink"...even though it never mentioned that specifically. "Human" + "Speech" = "Mystery", yet understood in common forms. Common words are understood with common definitions... wew, it could go on till the end of the race. :rolleyes:
:shifty:

large books explaining theorys.
fictional or factual? fic-tack-teu-walll :blink: , nah...better stop there.

"Large Books"
Is it full of 500 pages or is it very massive with a single page inside? What if the reader feels 500 pages is easy to read?

"Completely Understand"
How, when there's always new things to learn about it? You may know how to turn it on, fix it, etc...but what about it's atoms? many many questions are still out there about it.

eh,
it = something you like

"could care less"

"been _____ all day"

replace "_____" with a verb.

"wanker" as an insult. everyone does it



"war on terror"

I'd give my right foot to be a professional footballer.

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Originally Posted by JPaul

Which single phrase can have literally thousands of interpretations.

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Originally Posted by wolfie

If someone said,"You smell".

Obviously there are thousands of different smells. To the nose, It may be something pleasing or irritating. (or various others)

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That is incorrect. It could only be interpreted by changing the nature of the word smell. If smell was a verb it could be interpreted as an instruction or a statement indicating that someone, indeed, could smell. It could be an indication of a perfumier's profession.

If smell was descriptive, then it could be interpreted as a good or bad statement of fact, as you point out. It indicates that the person is emitting an odour.

However, you'd need to add another word (of) if you wanted to be any more esoteric and interpret it as you state.

You see, the phrase 'You smell' means exactly the same when used in any of the following sentences:

You smell of flowers.
You smell of beer.
You smell of shit.
You smell of a freshly feltched frenetic friar.

Each incidence of 'you smell' is interpreted in precisely the same way. Therefore there aren't 'literally thousands' of ways that you can interpret the phrase 'You smell'

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Originally Posted by manker

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Originally Posted by wolfie

If someone said,"You smell".

Obviously there are thousands of different smells. To the nose, It may be something pleasing or irritating. (or various others)

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That is incorrect. It could only be interpreted by changing the nature of the word smell. If smell was a verb it could be interpreted as an instruction or a statement indicating that someone, indeed, could smell. It could be an indication of a perfumier's profession.

If smell was descriptive, then it could be interpreted as a good or bad statement of fact, as you point out. It indicates that the person is emitting an odour.

However, you'd need to add another word (of) if you wanted to be any more esoteric and interpret it as you state.

You see, the phrase 'You smell' means exactly the same when used in any of the following sentences:

You smell of flowers.
You smell of beer.
You smell of shit.
You smell of a freshly feltched frenetic friar.

Each incidence of 'you smell' is interpreted in precisely the same way. Therefore there aren't 'literally thousands' of ways that you can interpret the phrase 'You smell'

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this altogether is another interpretation. :rolleyes:
Yes, by the proper standards, but everyday speech tends to break the rules most of the time. (ghetto-talk is technically "retarded", but used in a way of vantage...strange.)
I appriciate the feedback ;)

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Originally Posted by wolfie

Yes, by the proper standards

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Indeed :snooty:



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" That guy is perfect "
- He's perfect at dieing too..he was never born...perfection is impossible

" I shit my pants "
- Wow, that must have been painful

" I literally shit myself "
- Ouch, wouldn't you have turn inside-out through your sphincter?

" He's my slave for eternity "
- You both gonna die!!!

" He's dead inside... "
- How is he alive on the outside? He's either dead or alive.

" I swam under water "
- How? In the solid rock and dirt below the water on top?

" It hurt bad "
- The 2nd one switches the first one around...i.e. It was bad at "hurting" you?

" I didn't kill him, the gunfire did! "
- The bullets did (unless he had a heart-attack from the noise...elderly)

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if he was really busy he wouldn't have time to talk shit on t'internet

The carpet fitters will be there late morning.


Well now it's fecking afternoon and they're still not here... Bastards. :angry: