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Jangchub wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:27:09 -0700, Billy wrote: Caught in Cartesian dualism are ye? Good luck. You gave the rocks a good chuckle though, good on you ;o) What does this mean? this |?is| pronoun ( pl. these |??z|) 1 used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced : is this your bag? | he soon knew that this was not the place for him. ? used to introduce someone or something : this is the captain speaking | listen to this. ? referring to the nearer of two things close to the speaker (the other, if specified, being identified by "that") : this is different from that. 2 referring to a specific thing or situation just mentioned : the company was transformed, and Ward had played a vital role in bringing this about. adjective ( pl. these ) 1 used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced : don't listen to this guy | these croissants are delicious. ? referring to the nearer of two things close to the speaker (the other, if specified, being identified by "that") : this one or that one? 2 referring to a specific thing or situation just mentioned : there was a court case resulting from this incident. 3 used with periods of time related to the present : I thought you were busy all this week | how are you this morning? ? referring to a period of time that has just passed : I haven't left my bed these three days. 4 informal used (chiefly in narrative) to refer to a person or thing previously unspecified : I turned around, and there was this big mummy standing next to us! | I've got this problem and I need help. adverb [as submodifier ] to the degree or extent indicated : they can't handle a job this big | he's not used to this much attention. PHRASES this and that (or this, that, and the other) informal various unspecified things : they stayed up chatting about this and that. this here informal used to draw attention emphatically to someone or something : I've slept in this here bed for forty years. ORIGIN Old English , neuter of thes; related to that and the. Or maybe the sound of one hand clapping? Or maybe the arrogance of this or that? Or maybe the frivolity of asking a member of the phyla Annelida about the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything. What silliness would your ancestor of 10,000 years ago say? What may you descendant 10,000 years from now say? What do the shadows on the cave walls say to you? And who cares? Euclid said that a dot has no dimensions. Connect two dots with a line and you have one dimension. Move at a right angle to that line and you have a plane in two dimensions. Move at a right angle to that plane and you have a volume in three dimensions. Move at a right angle to tat solid and you have a ? in four dimensions. Move at a right angle to the ? and you have a ?? in five dimensions, ad infinitum. Or as Alan Watts used to say when holding out a round metal trash can,"What is this"? Then he would turn it over and drum on it and ask,"What is this"? Then he would sit on it and ask "What is this"? From the rocks and me, thanks for the giggle;o) -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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