11/13/2009

When does the use-mention distinction really matter?


When ordering a cake.

4 comments:

Protagoras said...

It makes me wonder; does the cake itself not?

Kenny said...

I had the same thought about the use-mention distinction with the cake wreck where the baker decorated the cake to look like the USB hard drive, rather than the image file on the hard drive.

Marcus said...

Thank you. That made my day!

Pete Mandik said...

That's terrific.