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Re: enlighten



On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:51:41AM +0300, Robin Turner wrote:
> Craig wrote:
> >>Using gusni would be unacceptable metaphor, I think.  It may be the case
> >>that most (maybe all?) cultures use the KNOWING IS SEEING metaphor, but
> >
> >
> >I've been told that all IE cultures use this metaphor, while Afro-Asiatic
> >cultures prefer HEARING IS KNOWING ("Hear, o Israel..."), while some
> >cultures eschew metaphor entirely.
> >(Se non e vero, e ben trovato).
> >
> I can't imagine a culture eschewing metaphor entirely.  Do you have any 
> examples?

le lojbo?

I guess just eschews *unmarked* metaphor, though.

:) :P

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