"package store"

[Lynne Murphy]

>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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