> Ah, a confusion between the object and the
> symbol.
>
> One of the "on time"s in the saying is just a
> label, and the other is the real thing.
>
> A clearer representation would be:
> "'Early' is on time, and 'on time' is late."

Gah. Why don't they just *put* the quotation marks, then? It'd save a lot of confusion among us odd thinkers. :-)

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