"package store"
Lynne Murphy
lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK
Mon Sep 4 10:36:51 UTC 2000
>I take your point but I'm not convinced, except of the fact that my
>example may have been poorly chosen, although I did deliberately make
>it "single malt scotch" rather than "scotch" just to make sure the
>two were on the same hierarchical level, but then I wasn't assuming a
>distinction between two senses of liquor (in my usual attempt to hew
>to Grice's Modified Occam's Razor and foreswear the multiplication of
>senses). In any case, I get a similar contrast in
>
> What's your favorite liquor? {Scotch/#Wine}
>
>where these would be at the same level of my hierarchy, but again
>perhaps not of yours. ("Wine" is of course a perfectly good
>response to being asked what my favorite drink is, or beverage.)
>More important, re
See, 'wine' does work for me there, so I think we're getting down to
idiolectal differences.
Then there's the matter of whether 'booze' includes 'wine'...
Lynne
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