[David L.]

Does it occur to anyone else, that there is a profound difference between "method in his madness" and "method to his madness"??
Can anyone else detect it?
It seems to me, that people just toss off speech in conversation. They're happy to settle for some 'general idea' that passes for human communication. rather than language conveying nuances of meaning. "How did you like the book/the concert/the lecture?" "It was cool". !!! The last resource of the inarticulate.
Are we all hurtling towards the day we are reduced to the level of, "He was talking about things and stuff."