ext_229996 ([identity profile] floralaetifica.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] undyingking 2008-05-29 07:11 pm (UTC)

I think perhaps also for the question to feel right all the other distilleries must be similar in the way in which they differ from the unique one. If the has a red tile roof, this only makes it unique if all the others have, say, thatched roofs. Or if they all have grey tiled roofs. But if they all have tiled roofs but each is a different colour, then the red tiled roof isn't unique any more, because in they're all unique in the same sense. Though it could be, perhaps, that they all have grey tiles or black tiles except for this one, in which case unique is ok.

Language is interesting. I have many conversations about this kind of stuff with Damian, who, not being a native Spanish speaker, is endlessly fascinated by English usage, and constantly asking me to explain when we say one thing and when we say another very similar thing, and what makes the difference. Last night we were talking about the difference between a 'glint' and a 'twinkle' in someone's eye. The other day it was the difference between 'turning up' and 'showing up'.

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