RE: A Question for Wade

From: Price, Ilfryn (I.Price@shu.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 28 2001 - 10:10:43 GMT

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    > Sounds like you're saying it's a successful meme.

    In so many words, yup.

    Wish I'd said it first....

    - Wade>

    And, as countless discussions on this list justify fidelity of meaning is not essential to replication. In Saussurian terms fidelity of
    'signifier' helps replication. Fidelity of 'signified' can be a positive disadvantage

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