tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post3952827489985313200..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: How dare you!Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-77436424747231308172013-04-12T21:53:49.184-05:002013-04-12T21:53:49.184-05:00An identity thief might say that it is great to be...An identity thief might say that it is great to be you. He's running up your credit cards and drinking all of your Seagram's whiskey. That's not what you want to hear when you're taking off on a long flight where they won't let you use your cell phone.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658289115041922636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-91855127908526479042013-04-06T00:22:44.617-05:002013-04-06T00:22:44.617-05:00I was kidding about being offended. I was more......I was kidding about being offended. I was more... taken aback. Like, but, you're not me!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061307431754428801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-54165657923335502262013-04-05T23:06:50.880-05:002013-04-05T23:06:50.880-05:00That's an unusual situation. I'm curious ...That's an unusual situation. I'm curious as to why your initial reading is offensive -- I can't think of a pragmatic context where it actually makes sense outside of fantasy or science fiction body-switching.<br /><br />As far as this ambiguity, could we just say that the person in the state of "being you" isn't specified, and has to be retrieved from context? To use a more flexible example, if I heard "It's good to be a woman" from a man talking to another man, I would assume it to mean "It's good [for women] to be a woman" -- giving yet another reading.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I don't think that adequately explains your reaction, given I don't see a pragmatic reason to use the first person referent in this case.GAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756535843412579846noreply@blogger.com