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Re: Meanings and associations are different. (m)

by Chrisell (guest)

7/5/2005, 5:51 PM

in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans

So in the way we use the word "meaning" to talk about other words in everyday English, I think it is quite proper to say that Cassandra "means" "prophet of doom who is not believed". As a matter of fact, one can call someone "a Cassandra" in English with precisely that meaning.

No. When one calls someone "a Cassandra", one is making a reference to the mythological character, not using a noun that means "the characteristic associated with the mythological Cassandra".

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