The Danger of Words

A disciple of Wittgenstein once wrote a book about the “danger of words” (the psychiatrist M. O’C Drury, 1996, Wittgenstein studies, Thoemmes Press). This illustrates the point, if in a hilarious and instructive way, as only the masters of the Queen’s English can, on the life-changing issue of what makes potato chips click, and according to the demanding and weighty craft of legal interpretation.