I'm going along like a lame duck striddling a gutter.

On this basis it becomes clear why Bühler occasionally describes the symbols as rôle-indicating signs (cf. 1934: 381); though they are capable of undertaking a transference from the occurrence of the speech situation, they are unable to do without deictic pointers to produce the rôleplay in language.

an indented border or ordinary

In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.