The Turtle

[tectak]

Tom,

Tom wrote: "surreal does NOT mean "too real"...in fact, and I may feel a hoist from my petard here, it means by every account quite unreal and dreamlike."

Exactly! Beyond consensus reality. As "too real" does not have a definition, I have given it one by juxtaposing it to hyperbole, and the both being connected by a middle ground that is ambiguous.

Tom wrote: "Black, per se, is also an absolute in that by definition it lacks ALL colour, note, ALL COLOUR. It is NOT a gradation of brightness.That is dark, not black. Who says I'm slightly pedantic?"

That may be the academic line, but people neither talk or think in that way. It also depends on if one is thinking of additive, or subtractive color. Tell an interior designer there is no such thing as "too black". Slightly?!?

Dale

Hi dale,
yes, I oftimes endanger validity with pedantry but only by examination of meanings does understanding emerge. I enjoy your thought train because though you may not have bought a ticket you have the means to pay and like any seasoned fare dodger you get away with it if you can...if you get caught, you pay up.
Very best,
tectak