Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry ... I was afraid it might be a "Swecism". In ancient Greek (through Byzantine times ... not all that ancient) ... there was the "Golden thread". I think it became "red" in Swedish. I translated. I suppose it can be paraphrased as "the common theme", the binding factor that makes sense of otherwise disparate ideas or non-related topics. Not "red" as in political red. "Common ground". Sorry, I did have a feeling it might be "translationese". Daniel On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > A 'red thread'! Can you define the term? > I'm only asking for clarity's sake. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > ---------- > >From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: RE: Chomsky Re: [Leica] XXX of the YYY? WAS (something else) (fwd) > >Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2003, 9:19 AM > > > > > There seems to be a red thread running through his work ... even the > > academic work requires one to think more critically about previously > > accepted truths. > > > > I'll have to check out some of his other works ... thanks. > > > > Daniel > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html