_Take_ v. _bring_

[Jonathan Lighter]

Larry, quite as I feared. Get rid of that trash and watch more _Simpsons_.

(Occasionally amusing even in their decline.)

JL

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Take (your crap away from me) vs. Bring (your precious treasures and
> let me see). Deictic verbs, as Chuck Fillmore told us. Sending away
> vs. invitation.
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