Doug,  (01)
I agree with what you say. The only point I was trying to make
is that current NLP systems can't handle metaphor as easily or
flexibly as people.  (02)
> I would suggest that the use of reference materials would be one of
> the first techniques for an NLP system to use, not the penultimate
> technique. Looking up standard meanings of phrases -- whether they
> be metaphors or not -- is easier than trying to determine what chains
> of analogical reasoning could have produced a metaphor.  (03) 
I agree.  (04)
> A metaphor often derives from several analogical steps.  (05)
Yes. NLP systems are getting better in doing that kind
of analysis, but they still haven't reached the human level.
That's all I intended to say.  (06)
John  (07)
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