Otay... (EMMA BOARD message #2015)

Otay...

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Posted by Laraine on October 02, 1997 at 10:15:35:

In response to Thoughtless Tweak..., written by Kali on October 01, 1997 at 17:43:52

] ...I personally would only see Mr. Weston's statement as a pun. If it were "a contradiction in terms" wouldn't he be unbelievably rude?

] ...simple Miss Bates would see the meaning of Emma's thoughtless yet witty remark, and yet Emma doesn't get the tweak in Mr. Weston's equally thoughtless remark? Certainly Mr. Weston wouldn't say something rude on purpose...but the appropriateness of such an inadvertant shot sounds very Austen....

If we can agree that Mr. Weston doesn't say something rude on purpose, then we can agree that the other meaning of conundrum could be there. My point was that it isn't in character for Mr. Weston to be chiding Emma that way.

Have you checked the OED for usage dates on both meanings, Traci?

REPLIES:

Conundrum Mitch 21:36:03 10/02/97 (1)
- That works...(NFM) Kali 01:08:57 10/03/97 (0)
Otay by me too... Traci 16:10:58 10/02/97 (2)
- an unrelated "oops" Traci P 16:41:54 10/02/97 (1)
  - List of User names Linda 10:01:07 10/03/97 (0)
Yeah, I dig that... Kali 14:09:33 10/02/97 (0)

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