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Re: Does this make sense?
Bjørn K Nilssen 2007-Sep-28 11:25:00
On 27 Sep 2007 at 16:23, Caroling Geary wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Bj?rn K Nilssen wrote:
> >
> > How about that group of kite surfers - are they also sustained by
> > their kites?
>
> What is it about the kite surfers that is sustained? I mentioned
> their joy. Without appropriate kite sails, the surfers could not
> sustain their movement over the water. Is the kite the sail or the
> whole boat-like vessel? A boat would sustain life at sea. I can't
> find a sentence that uses the words in a way that makes me
> comfortable. I can't see that I need a kite to sustain me in the same
> sense that I need food to sustain me. The sustenance has to be
> essential. Without a kite I can still breathe and swim and have many
> more basic needs than kite surfing. As I see it, the kite sustains
> movement, sport, joy, perhaps entry into competition. It is essential
> for kite surfing survival. Not for all of me. The kite sustains kite
> surfing? Sounds awkward. I pass.
OK. Thanks again!
It looks like sustenance is a bit less versatile than the verb sustain?
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