From cbmvax!uunet!alfalfa.com!pro-angmar!steffan Sat Aug 24 06:53:23 1991 Return-Path: id AA14348; Sat, 24 Aug 91 04:30:39 EDT Message-Id: <9108240830.AA14348@alfalfa.com> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 91 19:39:38 EDT From: cbmvax!uunet!alfalfa.com!pro-angmar!steffan (Steven Mesnick) To: lojbab%snark.thyrsus.com.lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com Subject: Re: the DWIM attitudinal X-Mailer: Mail Manager (1.5 29apr91) Status: RO Hmmm. Good point; I understand. But if these are not used, I imagine it is assumed that one is "speaking literally", yes? So the answer to "Do you have the time?" is *still* "Yes" or "No". How does one say "the entire following discourse is colloquial, with significant potential for figurative expression, unless I tell you otherwise" ( which is equal to "this is a human being speaking, not a computer", I'd venture to say B^] ).