Re: Offensive Language(metaphors)

[Gail Gurman <gail -at- HOMEMAIL -dot- COM>]

>>>>> "TA" == Tim Altom <taltom -at- iquest -dot- net> writes:
TA> As the book points out, for example, we have a "container metaphor"...we say
TA> "in trouble," "out of the country", "falling in love", and so forth. In none
TA> of these cases are we actually entering or leaving, but only using the
TA> common in/out concrete concept to express abstract ideas. The problem is
TA> that other cultures than North American/Anglo-Saxon don't have the same
TA> metaphors. It's sometimes tough for me to recognize a too-blatant
TA> metaphorical allusion even in my tightest writing.

I understand what you're saying, but I think "out of the country" is
a bad example, since "the country" is a place and if you leave it,
you're out of it. Better examples, I think, would be "out of
time/money/luck/your mind."

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