The Cappelen-Lepore minimal proposition—true regardless of rain location—would be identified by no rational hearer as the communicated content, since it violates the search for optimal relevance.

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Cappelen-Lepore(as philosophers who theorize about meaning and communication): Two contemporary philosophers (Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore) who study how language communicates meaning; they argue that the literal meaning of words is often what actually gets communicated, separate from what a speaker might intend.
Communicated content(as what is determined by relevance): The actual meaning or message that gets across from one person to another when they're communicating.
Optimal relevance(the goal that drives how we interpret what someone is saying): Information that is maximally useful and important to understand right now—it's worth paying attention to and doesn't require too much effort to process.
minimal proposition(in philosophy of language): The bare, most basic meaning of what someone says—just the literal words without any added layers of what the speaker might have meant to imply.

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