re:If the strict application of logic dictated our speech we would never utter another word and peace would reign upon this world.
Ah, faldage, not a fool, but a philosopher! you must read James Stephen's A Crock of Gold --one of the philosopher's comes to the very same conclusion! (well at least when it comes to speaking to his wife and child, who is sure are total devoid of all logic!
Stephens was a contemporary and friend of Joyce, his poetry is more available than his fiction, and his one of his short storiess was used in Soibhan McKenna's one woman productions, Here are Ladies-- a show about great irish woman of fame and fiction. the title Here are Ladies is from one of Stephens short stories.
he was a popular writer in still in the 1950's, and toured and lectured in US.
here are ladies is about the use of the word lady-- and how its use in US elevated a poor char woman to a cleaning lady, and with the word lady, she found dignity. (stephens was a great fan of US english!)
