Re: Trigger language?

Daniel Andreasson Vpc-Work scripsit:

> (And perhaps "to lie" (as in "tell a lie") is a better verb,
> since it's more obviously something you can do without intent.)
OT:

Au contraire.  I hold that that is a misuse of "lie"; lies are intentional,
always.  Making false statements may be unintentional, but if so it is not
lying.

Is this a cross-language issue?

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