१० जानेवारी, २०११

#NoMeta4s.

Twitter takes up arms in the War on Metaphors.

२८ टिप्पण्या:

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

Who is going to shine a light on this problem? Will no one drive the message home? This is a slippery slope. Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Peter Hoh म्हणाले...

Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our metaphor was still there.

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

@Peter_Hoh

Similies are next to go. Just wait.

R.L. Hunter म्हणाले...

These are not the metaphors you are looking for.

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

I for one look forward to the sun setting on our long national nightmare of metaphorical speech. Literalism will free us from the bonds of relating thoughts to experiences.

chickelit म्हणाले...

peter hoh said...
Similes rule. Metaphors drool.

Likewise

Peter Hoh म्हणाले...

First they came for the metaphors . . . .

Syllogisms are moving to Canada.

garage mahal म्हणाले...

Don't Retreat. Reload! - Your plumb bobs and leveling instruments.

chickelit म्हणाले...

@Peter_Hoh:

A simile is worth a thousand words.

wv "firtiv": Pining furtivley

David म्हणाले...

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Constipation metaphor.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Metaphor drives its point home on a two-way street.

(Probably from Richard Harvey Brown _A Poetic for Sociology_ but maybe from Goffman somewhere)

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Simile and the world similes with you.

Metaphor and you metaphor alone.

Peter Hoh म्हणाले...

"I never metaphor I didn't like."

-- Will Rogers

R.L. Hunter म्हणाले...

Is the previous metaphor thread pining for the fjords?

Unknown म्हणाले...

And, by opposing, end them.

In any case, the page ain't there.

David म्हणाले...

I would gladly give up similes if the word "like" could be eliminated for all purposes. Like, now.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"Similes rule. Metaphors drool."

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

R.L. Hunter म्हणाले...

All the world's a simile,
And all the men and women merely metaphors.

chickelit म्हणाले...

Similes are mindless teenagers who say "like" all the time.

SiMiLE was the name of another unreleased Beach Boys album in the 1960s. Brian Wilson said in interview at the time that it was like, a teenage symphony to God.

Opus One Media म्हणाले...

just a reminder into metaland..

...1111111111111......

Alex म्हणाले...

Meade and Althouse aren't the only ones skating on thin ice.

Dude - stop projecting.

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

Dude - stop projecting

@Alex

I've not been in therapy. What does that mean?

jayne_cobb म्हणाले...

A Dem. Rep. is now trying to get the term "job killing" removed from the ObamaCare repeal bill.

Apparently it is too violent.

Peter Hoh म्हणाले...

If metaphors are outlawed, only outlaws will have metaphors.

fivewheels म्हणाले...

Interviewer: Why didn't you call the police?

Vercotti: Well, I was terrified. Everyone was terrified of Doug. ...

Interviewer: What did he do?

Vercotti: He used... sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and... satire. He was vicious.

DADvocate म्हणाले...

Are metatarsals OK?

Kirby Olson म्हणाले...

If you bring the knife, I will bring the spoon, fork, and tea set.