I mean, what is up with this type of spam? Now it is personalised with the name of a non-existent relative? I mean, they couldn’t find an Axelsen in Denmark, where the name is more common than Smith? Seriously, these scammers need to start trying to be least a little convincing. Togbe Law FirmNo R.C. … Read more
Click here for a full screen version of the eCard. Just for you, I’ve created my very own Australian-themed Christmas card this year, complete with the Kingswood I had in 1992. We’d gone on a trip to Northern New South Wales, mis-read a Refidex, and what can I say – apparently Kingswoods aren’t four-wheel drives, … Read more
Imaginary ambiguity occurs when a word with a fixed meaning seems to have a different one. Imaginary ambiguity derives from the optional interpretation that the recipient of the communication places on the information received. Two distinct types of ambiguity can be categorised as imaginary ambiguity: emphatic and suggestive. Emphatic Ambiguity The question of ambiguity deriving … Read more
Actual ambiguity refers to ambiguity that occurs in the act of speaking. It arises when a word or phrase, without variation either in itself or in the way the word is put forward, has different meanings. The statement does not contain adequate information to resolve the ambiguity, resulting in a number of legitimate interpretations. Two … Read more
Again, this is lifted from my thesis which looks unlikely to ever see the light of day unless I take it off the shelves in BEL library at UQ. Potential ambiguity arises when a term or a sentence is ambiguous in and of itself, for example, before its use in the context of a sentence … Read more