VLVL2 (1) Missed Communications: Beginnings

[Michael Joseph]

Right! right! "connotative dimension" is a lovely phrase.

Michael



On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Elainemmbell at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/21/2003 10:37:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> mjoseph at rci.rutgers.edu writes:
>
> > But, my point is that, as a less purely functional, more literary and
> > self-conscious term, rat may serve additional purposes, e.g. the ones I
> > proposed earlier. On what reasonable basis can we preclude this
> > possibility?
> >
>
> Excellent Updike reference!  And I see you are not being peevish and now
> understand your point...another word could have been used that would not have had
> the connotative dimension of "rat", therefore the use of this particular term
> is metaphorically meaningful.  Okay, now I get it! thanks...
> Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
> (860) 523-9225
>