Re: Myth & Ideology & Truth-look

Ronald Kephart (rkephart@OSPREY.UNF.EDU)
Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:57:27 -0400

In message <CMM-RU.1.5.829717979.rgcalo@er6.rutgers.edu> "Richard G. Calo"
writes:
>
> P.S. For all those who read the subject heading to my friday post "the look
> of truth" as a statement that the content of the post was meant to be the
> look of truth _itself_-- no, that wasn't it. I was only enjoying the 'play'
> afforded by alliterating Daniel Foss' subject heading in his post "the book
> of ruth" into "the look of truth"-- nothing more. Indeed, for a while it wasa
> toss up between "the cook of ruth," "the cook of truth," and "the look of
> truth." I chose the latter because I thought the 'l's and 't's and
> 'r's sounded well together.

Interesting. /l t r/ are all, more-or-less, alveolar consonants, while the /k/
of 'cook' is velar. Is there some really deep truth happening here?

Ronald Kephart
Dept of Language & Literature
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL USA 32224-2645
Phone: (904) 646-2580