08-18-2004, 03:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2004, 03:58 PM by Occhidiangela.)
In descriptive writing, a figurative use of marry, to reflect a joining in harmony of two different things, is certainly appropriate. Hmmm, let's try our hand at this, eh?
"How merry to marry, within one's palate, some smoked salmon, with capers and onions, and a Pinot Grigiot. The consummation on a bed of Swedish crackers leaves the taste buds gently wriggling in a pleasurable, sensual glow." Gawd, prolix prose can get syrupy. I am rusty. :P
In law, where literal meanings are and should be pounded into the dust, both in creating the law itself and in the aftermath and later challenges in courts, extreme precision in usage and meaning are mandatory. Would that the ideal was met by the standard folks are willing to accept.
That English has the attribute of rapidly changing usage and meaning helps nothing, true enough, but it does allow for folks to find loopholes, and even to exercise the Humpty Dumpty approach to communication, argument, and meaning.
Funnily enough, that is an enabling feature of the language, for all that it frustrates me. I have used words to be deliberately vague in proposing policy, in order to allow for "wiggle room" and flexibility.
Occhi
Rogue who needs to craft shorter posts
"How merry to marry, within one's palate, some smoked salmon, with capers and onions, and a Pinot Grigiot. The consummation on a bed of Swedish crackers leaves the taste buds gently wriggling in a pleasurable, sensual glow." Gawd, prolix prose can get syrupy. I am rusty. :P
In law, where literal meanings are and should be pounded into the dust, both in creating the law itself and in the aftermath and later challenges in courts, extreme precision in usage and meaning are mandatory. Would that the ideal was met by the standard folks are willing to accept.
That English has the attribute of rapidly changing usage and meaning helps nothing, true enough, but it does allow for folks to find loopholes, and even to exercise the Humpty Dumpty approach to communication, argument, and meaning.
Funnily enough, that is an enabling feature of the language, for all that it frustrates me. I have used words to be deliberately vague in proposing policy, in order to allow for "wiggle room" and flexibility.
Occhi
Rogue who needs to craft shorter posts
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete