tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post5162027401080797878..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "Giant metaphor crashes through the ice"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31201858752029957012016-03-27T14:08:35.148-05:002016-03-27T14:08:35.148-05:00I'd call it a symbol. It represents the conseq...I'd call it a symbol. It represents the consequences of global warming by being a consequence of global warming, not by being something that is similar to global warming. A frog in boiling water, now there's a metaphor for global warming.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81147251761231420402016-03-22T20:44:16.476-05:002016-03-22T20:44:16.476-05:00Must get that book! Thanks!Must get that book! Thanks!Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64848872698782598132016-03-22T12:36:08.548-05:002016-03-22T12:36:08.548-05:00Requested from our library. Thanks for the sugges...Requested from our library. Thanks for the suggestion.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17374969281359576282016-03-22T11:10:29.626-05:002016-03-22T11:10:29.626-05:00:) Credit to whom credit is due: I took that examp...:) Credit to whom credit is due: I took that example from the excellent book <i>The Unfolding of Language</i> by Guy Deutscher (<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=odnLJFe7WhUC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=%22reef+of+dead+metaphors%22&source=bl&ots=b5GEcHSpD-&sig=DVUDpKeYkB_ayquGMVypeSEBlRU&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlwsrB1tTLAhUI6xoKHVFxAVcQ6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=%22reef%20of%20dead%20metaphors%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">Chapter 4, <i>A Reef of Dead Metaphors</i></a>).Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22995057380481994542016-03-22T10:46:02.623-05:002016-03-22T10:46:02.623-05:00Excellent, Drabkikker! I didn't know that.Excellent, Drabkikker! I didn't know that.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55082694654760888302016-03-22T10:09:46.432-05:002016-03-22T10:09:46.432-05:00Also appropriate since the origin of metaphor is t...Also appropriate since the origin of <i>metaphor</i> is the Greek word for 'to transport, move from one place to another' (cf. <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/athensvan.jpg" rel="nofollow">this van</a> with μεταφορές 'transportations', 'movings' written on it.)Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50125233008173846412016-03-21T17:06:34.623-05:002016-03-21T17:06:34.623-05:00Also just a side note about the diamond mining - t...Also just a side note about the diamond mining - the Ekati mine is one of my clients and I was seconded there for a year. It's actually not as profitable or as important as people first thought or hoped. While the first few ore bodies (pipes) were very high in diamond content, it turns out they were the only ones - the rest are nowhere near what they thought and so the large mining companies have all (or are trying to) sell off any assets they had there. Muzzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06739179623828877665noreply@blogger.com