A metaprime example is something that IS an example of itself in a self-referential way. Metaprime examples can be words themselves, or names, or names of things, or things themselves. Metaprime examples can be ideas or objects, abstract or literal, metalanguage or existential. They can be intentional or un. Sometimes they make you laugh, and usually they make you dizzy if you think about them too long!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Parental Ancestor
While working on my future daughter-in-law's genealogy...hi, Jessica!...I ran up to the end of a French line, where French genealogists often just put *Surname AncĂȘtre* in the father's box as a placeholder to indicate that nothing further is known about that line at this time.
Only, this time, the name was:
Parent AncĂȘtre
:-)
Only, this time, the name was:
Parent AncĂȘtre
:-)