"Let's move on to a slightly more complex situation. Suppose an Italian tourist in a Mexican restaurant asks for a little of burro to go with his bread. This man is in trouble. In his language burro means butter, but in the waiter's spanish it means donkey. The problem is not that both tourist & waiter cannot conjure up a valid mental image of burro. In fact, the problem is precisely that they can, and do."
The Quest for Modern Fiction Carroll B. Johnson
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