passing over octavio paz’s mention of roland jakobson’s concepts of metaphor and metonymy, i thought maybe i should check how my oxford defines the two (i have trouble separating them in my mind). on the next page, i found a string of definitions for ‘Mexican’ (a simple enough term, i thought). definition no. 3 however, totally rules: ‘Aust. colloq. a (from a Queensland perspective) a person from New South Wales or Victoria. b (from a New South Wales perspective) a person from Victoria.
god damned mexicans!
