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Old Oct 09, 2014, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Mastodon View Post
"Just semantics"? Don't impugn my field of research here (actually I'm more of a pragmaticist than a semanticist, but semantics tends to creep in, too.)
Ah, so you are a Professor of Linguistics? I think my phrasing was quite unfortunate . I was not sure if wishing vs. wanting actually had any of the connotations I was thinking it might, or if that was just me being odd in feeling there is the difference between the two that I believe there to be.
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