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Mark Isaak  
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 More options Jun 22 2012, 12:45 pm
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From: Mark Isaak <eci...@curioustaxonomyNOSPAM.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:45:30 -0700
Local: Fri, Jun 22 2012 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: Can you give me transitional forms?
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On 6/22/12 7:15 AM, UC wrote:

> On Jun 21, 11:51 pm, Mark Isaak<eci...@curioustaxonomyNOSPAM.net>
> wrote:
>> On 6/21/12 8:26 AM, UC wrote:

>>>> Another example for you:

>>>> "Joe's house was less damaged by the flood than most of the others, but
>>>> Joe is dead now, and his family needs the wood for their own repairs, so
>>>> now Joe's house is lumber."

>>> You make my point for me, dumbass. The 'house' is a 'house' only so
>>> long as it is intact.

>> Joe's house is intact.  It is still lumber.

> Not in ordinary usage.

Who gives a damn?  In the story above, Joe's house is lumber.

> 'Lumber' refers to the raw product of cut wood.

Wrong.  "lumber: timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly
prepared."  No requirement of rawness.  You put that in because your
mind is not flexible enough to handle overlapping categories, also known
as the real world.

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  Mark Isaak          eciton (at) curioustaxonomy (dot) net
"It is certain, from experience, that the smallest grain of natural
  honesty and benevolence has more effect on men's conduct, than the most
  pompous views suggested by theological theories and systems." - D. Hume


 
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