From an online source:
"“bow-wow, pooh-pooh, ding-dong”
(the title comes from shorthand names for five
basic theories of the origin of human language,
the other two being “ la-la” and “yo-he-ho”)"
--- and of course it's the latter that describes Grice to a G!
Cheers,
JL
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The Yo-he-ho theory is of course the interjectional theory wherein a natural utterance of x by which the utterer NATURAL means, e.g. boredom (a yawn, for example) becomes the articulated utterance, "I am bored".
ReplyDeleteBut while you can FAKE a yawn, you cannot fake an orgasm in the male. This has consequences for the anti-sexists among us who are also Griceans!