Re: ``wait and see''

Ron Hardin wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> >
> > Ron Hardin wrote:
> >
> > > On the other hand, other scholars (Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, Derrida)
> > > think that is a delusion and working within the language you're studying
> > > is the way to go. The first two have in common with linguistics the
> > > idea of privileging ``what one is inclined to say,'' so it's not entirely
> > > foreign.
> >
> > I'm not getting involved in this question, but none of the above are
> > linguists and therefore they have no say in how linguists should or
> > should not carry out their trade.
>
> They have a good deal of say in how I do mine. They seem to me to be
> onto something.

> On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Truer words were only sometimes spoken.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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