[Ads-l] place (and more)

[Jonathan Lighter]

PS: I see "shadow daddy" only once in Newspapers.com (2023). All it says is
that he/ it "smells like...mint, bergamot, and leather."

Be forewarned.

JL

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think "locus" and "site" are just too close to "place" itself to be
> illuminating.
>
> The important thing, to me, is not the existence of the notion of a
> "place/ space/ location" but what that "place" is useful for and wished
> for. So I stick with "source," metaphorical as it may sound.
>
> I don't recall "shadow daddy" from Med Lit, NYU 1971.  If anything, the
> term might have been "demon from Hell."
>
> JL
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/26 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>>
>> > Date:    Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:30:09 -0400
>> > From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> > Subject: Re: place (and more)
>> >
>> > That reminds me: "space" is used in the same way.
>> >
>> > JL
>>
>> Yep, but again I think it's still notionally connected to "locus",
>> "site", etc., not "resource" or "source" as you propose.
>>
>> ---Amy West
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