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Thread #121085 Message #3032451
Posted By: GUEST, Fido
15-Nov-10 - 04:50 AM
Thread Name: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
Subject: RE: Are 'Folk Arts' Elitist?
What, the ubermensch Willie talking to a pingbot?
`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
I suppose that fits with his assertion elsewhere that all that matters is being "better off than yow" - so he can be elitist with cause, and define words. That way, reverting to Humpty, he can be the master and we and words the servants.