{"id":653,"date":"2007-11-21T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2007\/11\/21\/the-meaning-of-is-is\/"},"modified":"2010-11-26T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T22:37:06","slug":"the-meaning-of-is-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daviddalka.com\/createvalue\/2007\/11\/21\/the-meaning-of-is-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of is is"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Arrington ‘is contemplating the meaning of “is”.<\/strong>‘ As per a recent Facebook message change<\/a> (that has now been changed back).<\/p>\n

This issue of the meaning of “is” seems to be a recurring problem in our society. You might recall this statement by former President Clinton:<\/p>\n

“It depends on what the meaning of the words ‘is’ is.”<\/strong> \u2013Bill Clinton, during his 1998 grand jury testimony on the Monica Lewinsky affair<\/em>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dictionary.com says it’s this:
\n\u2013verb 1. 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of be.\u00a0
\n\u2014Idiom2. as is. as1 (def. 25).\u00a0<\/p>\n

[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D is, ON es, er, G, Goth ist, L est, Gk est\u00ed, OCS jest\u012d, Skt asti]
\nDictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
\nBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, \u00a9 Random House, Inc. 2006.<\/p>\n

Why is the meaning of “is” such\u00a0a frequent area of\u00a0discussion?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Arrington ‘is contemplating the meaning of “is”.‘ As per a recent Facebook message change (that has now been changed back). This issue of the meaning of “is” seems to be a recurring problem in our society. You might recall this statement by former President Clinton: “It depends on what the meaning of the words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t