No bricks are made of brick - bricks (regularly shaped blocks used for
construction) can be made of fired clay, mud, even compressed straw or wood
pulp and probably other things. 'Lego' bricks are made of plastic. Bricks
are objects, brick is not a substance. The same goes for tiles (roof, wall
or floor).
Chris Cumberpatch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Reynolds" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Chris Cumberpatch" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: His Dark Materials Thesaurus
>I have a couple of comments:
>
> I have seen a rabbit cast in brick (using a rabbit-shaped blancmange
> bowl). Never under-estimate what humans will do with materials.
>
> Nor are all bricks are made of brick. It seems to me that thesauri of
> forms are best kept separate from thesauri of materials
>
> Thesaurus are being used now as glossaries on online databases - this may
> or may not influence your thinking.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat
> --
> Pat Reynolds
>
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