Re: "two be"

--- daniel andreasson froge sionk:
> Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > I would guess verse vica:
> >
> > (regular)       "I am not a doctor, but...
> > (active)        I play one on tv"
> >
> > Reason being, it's not "important to his being" that
> > he's not a doctor; but it is that he's an actor (and
> > therefore plays doctors on tv).
>
> This is rather like "individual" and "stage" level.
> Marcus Smith and Matt Pearson know more about this,
> but both of them are nomail iirc, so I'll give it
> a shot.
>
> 1. The snake is_poisonous:INDIVIDUAL.
>
> 2. I am_cold:STAGE.
>
> In the first sentence the snake is poisonous from
> birth. It is an inherent property. It's always
> poisonous and always has been. Hence "individual".
>
> In the second sentence I am only cold temporarily,
> not inherently. It's only a stage in my life, so to
> say. Thus "stage" level.
>
> This could be applied to the doctors like this:
>
> I am:IND a doctor. = I work as a doctor and probably
>                      will for the rest of my life.
>
> I am:STG a doctor. = I'm a doctor for the moment, but
>                      it's not what I usually do. I just
>                      play one (or similar).
>
> A scene from the opening sequence of "The Pretender"
> (Jarod) comes to mind:
>
> Patient: "Are you a doctor?"
> Jarod: "I am today."
>
hmmm... i like this idea... perhaps i'll steal it ;)... it would be
especially useful for a diehard pretender fan such as myself...
twould make it much easier to refer to jarod's numerous pretends that
way...

...nicole

"to the man in the yellow hat from the monkey that got away"--jarod
in a note to sydney from the episode 'curious jarod'

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