Friday, September 15, 2006

"enjoy your weekend!" -> "what weekend?"

According to dictionary.reference.com, the word "miss" has 14 definitions. Among which when it is used as a verb with an object, it could mean one of two things:

    • to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.
    • to regret the absence or loss of.
The two are slightly different - regret hints of emotional attachment...

When I "miss" someone, does it mean that i'm just commenting that i failed to "encounter, meet, catch, etc" that person, or is it that i "regret the absence" of that person?

Gonna be working the weekend. sigh.

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