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Posted by mbstevens on 11/19/50 11:34
Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
>>>>>It's very *unaustralian* ;-)
>>Yes, but how do you define it in words?
> I mean, if you say that a certain behaviour is unaustralian, then you need
> define what is australian!
No, you just need to know that it is against _one_ of the qualities you
associate with being a thing. You don't need some _complete_ definition.
Let's say you are acquainted with a Mr. X. You know that he wears only
blue suits. You have seen him on the bus every day for years, always
only in blue suits, but that's about all you know about him. If you saw
him one day wearing a bright red suit, you could say that it is un-X
kind of thing to do. But that is very different from having a
definition of Mr. X.
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