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Andrew M. Greene ([personal profile] rhu) wrote2008-05-19 02:13 pm

I think I'm gonna like it here

Today's lunch conversation included a debate on whether, when our manager said "I have a 1:00", the words "one o'clock" were metonymy or synecdoche. (We decided on metonymy, since "1:00" is an attribute of but not a part of the meeting.)