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Signifier Vs. Sign (Aphorism 4)

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New York Yankees Cap - It's Not Just a Yankee's Fan

In a lot of different countries, a new york yankees cap, people wear it. And places where that person doesn't watch baseball, so i because it signifies something else. It's not yankee's fan. It's you're wearing that in london. So and then, ok. So the signifier then is a why? Ok? In other words, we are psychoanalytic even though we don't think we are. Because no one has ever been greeted by me with this kind of greeting for more than two or three weeks at a time. Hint: You never know why the person is saying what they're saying, so you're immediately suspicious

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