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Monday, 15 November 2010
Ambiguity
Is this a mistake (from the Sydney Morning Herald this weekend)? Would Patrick White be ambiguously pleased about David Foster's win? Possibly; possibly not. That's the trouble with ambiguity:
The Literary Editor wrote that? Impressive.
ReplyDeleteBret - once ambiguity creeps in, it pervades everything. It is impressive, isn't it - or is it?
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