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November 24, 2008

The names of things and why they matter

By Margaret Bassett

And yet, when it comes to naming the objects in the industrial landscape, most of us are at a loss. What do you call that jack-like object out there in yonder prairie, bobbing up and down in the grass like a robin with a worm? What is that mess of metal drums and pipes at the end of that gravel road, the new one that just appeared and is now crawling with white pickup trucks?

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And yet, when it comes to naming the objects in the industrial landscape, most of us are at a loss. What do you call that jack-like object out there in yonder prairie, bobbing up and down in the grass like a robin with a worm? What is that mess of metal drums and pipes at the end of that gravel road, the new one that just appeared and is now crawling with white pickup trucks?

Authors Bio:
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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