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Maybe I should post in /r/therewasanattempt/ instead :) To the point: 1. Obviously the meaning of words change over time. 2. If this difference in metaphors
by ronilan 7y ago
Maybe I should post in /r/therewasanattempt/ instead :)
To the point:
1. Obviously the meaning of words change over time.
2. If this difference in metaphors has real bearing on how people act than the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, at least in its weak form, stands. That is something worth paying attention to....
- agumonkey 7y agonot that I'm not attacking you, I was curious about the roots of pay now maybe "pay attention" emerged recently, that is based on the material/financial connotation, or maybe the idiom came before