They cut me out
Geoffrey K. Pullum,
Language Log,
Sept 13, 2012
Proof that I think more of OLDaily readers than the Chronicle does its readers: I'm including and highlighting a link to this article by Geoff Pullum on multiple meanings in single phrases (and in particular, how "Organic Raspberry Fruit Spread" can mean [Organic][Raspberry Fruit Spead], and contain only raspberries, and not contain chemicals, or [Organic Raspberry][Fruit Spread] and can contain both organic raspberries and certain chemicals. Writes Pullum, "The daily email newsletter through which The Chronicle points its subscribers to what they can find today on the web refused to include a pointer to my piece. They 'didn't get it', I'm told." Well, I get it. And I'm sure OLDaily readers get it. And I've commented before on how a single symbolic representation can have multiple meanings. (p.s. I love the people in the comments saying the chemicals must have come from somewhere so it's all organic.)
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