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duga · 01-31-2010, 12:03 AM

i was totally agreeing with you. the point i was trying to make is that those metaphors are tied to a subconscious understanding of what that metaphor implies. though our expression "more is up", literally meaning something totally ambiguous, implies a meaning that would be tied to something universal. there is a popular theory that the fewer syllables it takes to convey a meaning that everyone in that species can understand, the more intelligent that species is. metaphor, implying so much vagueness, can still be understood by most of those in your society. it would also not take a lot of time for someone from a different society to pick up what certain metaphors might imply.

01-31-2010, 12:03 AM	#12 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	i was totally agreeing with you. the point i was trying to make is that those metaphors are tied to a subconscious understanding of what that metaphor implies. though our expression "more is up", literally meaning something totally ambiguous, implies a meaning that would be tied to something universal. there is a popular theory that the fewer syllables it takes to convey a meaning that everyone in that species can understand, the more intelligent that species is. metaphor, implying so much vagueness, can still be understood by most of those in your society. it would also not take a lot of time for someone from a different society to pick up what certain metaphors might imply. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...