Re: "what i have for dinner"

[John Cowan <jcowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx]

And Rosta wrote:

> I don't remember any discussion on Linguist about that. If you
> could exercise a bit of your detective genius & locate it for me
> somewhere I'd be very very grateful.

No actual discussion, just Q (mine) and summary (mine). See
http://linguistlist.org/issues/3/3-504.html#4 and
http://linguistlist.org/issues/3/3-525.html#1 respectively.

> On the other hand, it could be argued that if I wonder who came then
> it does follow that "I want that (Ax) (I know whether x came)".

I think this is an excessively robust kind of wondering. If I wonder
who wrote the book of love (from a doo-wop song, full lyric
available at http://www.fiftiesweb.com/lyrics/booklove.htm), it does
not follow that I actually want to know this: my curiosity may be
quite idle.

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